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Analysis of OPTN as a causative gene for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Mar 2011
Belzil Véronique V, Daoud Hussein, Desjarlais Anne, Bouchard Jean-Pierre, Dupré Nicolas, Camu William, Dion Patrick A, Rouleau Guy A
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Mutations in the OPTN gene are well known to be associated with the development of glaucoma. Recently, unique variations in the same gene have been reported in familial and sporadic Japanese cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). We set out to evaluate the frequency of OPTN mutations in a...
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