C9orf72 repeat expansions are not detected in Chinese patients with familial ALS

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 14, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 630-631

  Liu, Rong ^a   Tang, Lu ^a   Cai, Bin ^a   Liu, Xiaolu ^a   Ye, Shan ^a   Ma, Yan ^a   Zhang, Huagang ^a   Fan, Dongsheng ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY THIRD HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; C9ORF72 GENE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FUS GENE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOD1 GENE; TARDBP GENE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DNA REPEAT EXPANSION; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84887445576     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2013.817588     Document Type: Article

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