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Screening of the FUS gene in familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis patients of Chinese origin.
European journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2012
Zou Z-Y, Peng Y, Feng X-H, Wang X-N, Sun Q, Liu M-S, Li X-G, Cui L-Y
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BACKGROUND: According to studies in European, North American, Australian, and Asian populations, FUS gene mutations occur in 0.6-20.2% of the patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and 0.4-2.0% of sporadic ALS cases. In China, FUS mutations have been reported in several familial ALS pedigrees but not in sporadic ALS cases. Here, we screened for FUS mutations in Chinese patients with ALS....
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