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ALS: a disease of motor neurons and their nonneuronal neighbors.
Neuron - 5 Oct 2006
Boillée Séverine, Vande Velde Christine, Cleveland Don W
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a late-onset progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting motor neurons. The etiology of most ALS cases remains unknown, but 2% of instances are due to mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Since sporadic and familial ALS affects the same neurons with...
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