Large C9orf72 repeat expansions are seen in Chinese patients with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Neurobiology of Aging

Volumn 38, Issue , 2015, Pages 217.e15-217.e22

  Chen, Yongping ^a   Lin, Ziqiang ^a   Chen, Xueping ^a   Cao, Bei ^a   Wei, Qianqian ^a   Ou, Ruwei ^a   Zhao, Bi ^a   Song, Wei ^a   Wu, Ying ^a   Shang, Hui Fang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; C9orf72; Chinese population; Cognitive impairment; Haplotype analysis; Meta analysis; Southern blotting

Indexed keywords

HEXANUCLEOTIDE; NUCLEOTIDE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; C9ORF72 PROTEIN, HUMAN; PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; C9ORF72 GENE; CHROMOSOME 9; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC PATHOLOGY; HAN CHINESE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; RISK;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; META-ANALYSIS AS TOPIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PREVALENCE; PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RISK;

EID: 85017066057     PISSN: 01974580     EISSN: 15581497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2015.11.016     Document Type: Article

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