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TARDBP mutations are not a frequent cause of ALS in Finnish patients.
Acta myologica : myopathies and cardiomyopathies : official journal of the Mediterranean Society of Myology - 1 Oct 2012
Mentula Hanna-Kaisa, Tuovinen Laura, Penttilä Sini, Suominen Tiina, Udd Bjarne, Palmio Johanna
Abstract excerpt
In previous studies 1-3 % of ALS patients have TARDBP mutations as the cause of the disease. TARDBP mutations have been reported in ALS patients in different populations but so far there are no studies on the frequency of TARDBP mutations in Finnish ALS patients. A cohort of 50 Finnish patients, 44 SALS and 6 FALS patients, were included in the study. Genomic DNA was extracted from venous blood or muscle tissue...
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