Common genetic variants and the heritability of ALS

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 549-550

  Al Chalabi, Ammar ^a   Visscher, Peter M ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; MALE;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84926528112     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2014.166     Document Type: Short Survey

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