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Polymorphisms of the gene coding for copper/zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD1) in patients with Japanese encephalitis.
Annals of tropical medicine and parasitology - 1 Oct 2006
Thuong N T T, Dunstan S J, Dung N M, Charlieu J-P, Loan H T, Wills B, Solomon T, Farrar J J
Abstract excerpt
Japanese encephalitis is the commonest form of encephalitis globally. Most cases develop characteristic encephalitis but some also present with flaccid paralysis. The paralysis is secondary to damage at the alpha motor neurone, the site that is also damaged in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). The gene coding for superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) is thought to be involved in ALS and may also be linked to...
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