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Extensive molecular genetic survey of Taiwanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2014
Soong Bing-Wen, Lin Kon-Ping, Guo Yuh-Cherng, Lin Chou-Ching K, Tsai Pei-Chien, Liao Yi-Chu, Lu Yi-Chun, Wang Shuu-Jiun, Tsai Ching-Piao, Lee Yi-Chung
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Identification of genetic mutations has been of burgeoning importance in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in recent years. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and spectrum of mutations in major ALS-causing genes in a Taiwanese ALS cohort of Han Chinese origin. Mutational analyses of the SOD1, TARDBP, FUS, OPTN, VCP, UBQLN2, SQSTM1, PFN1, HNRNPA1, and HNRNPA2B1 genes were carried out by direct...
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