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SOD1 gene mutations in Italian patients with Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Nov 2006
Corrado L, D'Alfonso S, Bergamaschi L, Testa L, Leone M, Nasuelli N, Momigliano-Richiardi P, Mazzini L
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the SOD1 gene exons and exon/intron boundaries were searched in 66 sporadic and 4 familial Italian ALS cases consecutively referred to our centre from different Italian regions. A mutation was found in three sporadic cases (4.5%): a new nonsense mutation in exon 5 (K136X) in a patient with a rapid and severe disease course and two previously described missense nucleotide substitutions (N65S and A95T)...
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