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Identification of candidate genes for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by array comparative genomic hybridization.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis : official publication of the World Federation of Neurology Research Group on Motor Neuron Diseases - 1 Jun 2009
Shoichet Sarah A, Waibel Stefan, Endruhn Sonja, Sperfeld Anne D, Vorwerk Brita, Müller Ines, Erdogan Fikret, Ludolph Albert C, Ropers Hans-Hilger, Ullmann Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a devastating disorder of the central nervous system that leads to progressive loss of upper and lower motor neurons. Most cases are sporadic and of unknown aetiology. In this study, we screened 72 patients with sporadic ALS for the presence of DNA copy numb...
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