From animal models to human disease: A genetic approach for personalized medicine in ALS

Acta Neuropathologica Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Picher Martel, Vincent ^a   Valdmanis, Paul N ^b   Gould, Peter V ^c   Julien, Jean Pierre ^a   Dupré, Nicolas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS); Animal models; Biomarkers; Frontotemporal dementia (FTD); Gene therapy; Mouse; Personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANIMALS; GENETIC THERAPY; HUMANS; PRECISION MEDICINE;

EID: 85024925502     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20515960     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40478-016-0340-5     Document Type: Review

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