A genome-wide association meta-analysis identifies a novel locus at 17q11.2 associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2220-2231

  Fogh, Isabella ^a,c,d   Ratti, Antonia ^c,d   Gellera, Cinzia ^e   Lin, Kuang ^a   Tiloca, Cinzia ^c,d   Moskvina, Valentina ^f   Corrado, Lucia ^g   Sorarù, Gianni ^h   Cereda, Cristina ⁱ   Corti, Stefania ^d,j   Gentilini, Davide ^c   Calini, Daniela ^c   Castellotti, Barbara ^e   Mazzini, Letizia ^g,k   Querin, Giorgia ^h   Gagliardi, Stella ⁱ   Del bo, Roberto ^d,j   Conforti, Francesca L ^l   Siciliano, Gabriele ^m   Inghilleri, Maurizio ⁿ   Saccà, Francesco ^o   Bongioanni, Paolo ^p   Penco, Silvana ^q   Corbo, Massimo ^q   Sorbi, Sandro ^r   Filosto, Massimiliano ^s   Ferlini, Alessandra ^t   Di blasio, Anna M ^c   Signorini, Stefano ^u   Shatunov, Aleksey ^a   Jones, Ashley ^a   Shaw, Pamela J ^v   Morrison, Karen E ^w,x   Farmer, Anne E ^b   Van damme, Philip ^y,z   Robberecht, Wim ^y,z   Chiò, Adriano ^aa,ab   Traynor, Bryan J ^ac   Sendtner, Michael ^ad   Melki, Judith ^ae   Meininger, Vincent ^af   Hardiman, Orla ^ag   Andersen, Peter M ^ah   Leigh, Nigel P ^ai   Glass, Jonathan D ^aj   Overste, Daniel ^ak   Diekstra, Frank P ^ak   Veldink, Jan H ^ak   Van es, Michael A ^ak   Shaw, Christopher E ^a   Weale, Michael E ^a,b   Lewis, Cathryn M ^a,b   Williams, Julie ^f   Brown, Robert H ^al   Landers, John E ^al   Ticozzi, Nicola ^c,d   Ceroni, Mauro ⁱ   Pegoraro, Elena ^h   Comi, Giacomo P ^d,j   D'alfonso, Sandra ^g   Van den berg, Leonard H ^ak   Taroni, Franco ^e   Al chalabi, Ammar ^a   Powell, John ^a   Silani, Vincenzo ^c,d   more..

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ISTITUTO AUXOLOGICO ITALIANO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^e DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁱ C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^j FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^k University Hospital Maggiore della Carita   (Italy)

^l INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

ⁿ SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^o UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^p UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

^q OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^r UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^s SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^t UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^u DESIO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^v UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^w UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^x UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^y UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^z UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^aa UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^ab Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza   (Italy)

^ac NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^ad UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^ae INSERM   (France)

^af ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^ag TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^ah UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^ai UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^aj EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^ak UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^al UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CHROMOSOME 9P; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FRANCE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IRELAND; ITALY; META ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWEDEN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84897859556     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddt587     Document Type: Article

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