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Mutation analysis of VCP in familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Jul 2012
Williams Kelly L, Solski Jennifer A, Nicholson Garth A, Blair Ian P
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the progressive loss of motor neurons in the motor cortex, brain stem and spinal cord. Mutations in the valosin-containing protein gene (VCP) were recently described in ALS families. Some of these families included diagnoses of other clinical features including frontotemporal dementia, Paget's disease, inclusion body...
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