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A novel locus for distal motor neuron degeneration maps to chromosome 7q34-q36.
Human genetics - 1 Jun 2007
Gopinath Sumana, Blair Ian P, Kennerson Marina L, Durnall Jennifer C, Nicholson Garth A
Abstract excerpt
The motor neuron diseases (MND) are a group of related neurodegenerative diseases that cause the relative selective progressive death of motor neurons. These diseases range from slowly progressive forms including hereditary motor neuropathy (HMN), to the rapidly progressive disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). There is clinical and genetic overlap among these MNDs, implicating shared pathogenic...
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