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Analysis of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in Korean patients with familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Apr 2013
Jang Ja-Hyun, Kwon Min-Jung, Choi Won Jun, Oh Ki-Wook, Koh Seong-Ho, Ki Chang-Seok, Kim Seung Hyun
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The expansion of a noncoding hexanucleotide repeat (GGGGCC) in the chromosome 9 open reading frame (C9orf72) gene has been identified as the most common cause of familial and sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in Caucasian populations. The role of the C9orf72 repeat expansion in Korean ALS patients, however, has not been reported. We therefore investigated the frequency of the C9orf72 repeat expansion...
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