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D90A-SOD1 mediated amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a single founder for all cases with evidence for a Cis-acting disease modifier in the recessive haplotype.
Human mutation - 1 Dec 2002
Parton Matthew J, Broom Wendy, Andersen Peter M, Al-Chalabi Ammar, Nigel Leigh P, Powell John F, Shaw Christopher E
Abstract excerpt
More than 100 different heterozygous mutations in copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) have been found in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a fatal neurodegenerative disease. Uniquely, D90A-SOD1 has been identified in recessive, dominant and apparently sporadic pedigrees. The phenotype of homozygotes is stereotyped with an extended survival, whereas that of affected heterozygotes varies. The...
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