Heritability of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis insights from disparate numbers

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 857-858

  McLaughlin, Lewis Russell ^a   Vajda, Alice ^a   Hardiman, Orla ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRAIT; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NOTE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84938923103     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.4049     Document Type: Note

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