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Heterogeneous distribution of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients with SOD-1 gene mutations: preliminary data on an Italian survey.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Jan 1999
Malaspina A, Zaman R, Mazzini L, Camana C, Poloni E, Curti D, Ceroni M
Abstract excerpt
We report the absence of superoxide dismutase (SOD-1) gene mutations in 30 patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) including individuals with a confirmed family history of ALS (familial ALS/FALS), ALS with an unclear family history (UFALS) and sporadic ALS (SALS). Single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) and sequence analysis of the 5 SOD-1 gene exons were undertaken to improve the accuracy of the...
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