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Analysis of the C9orf72 gene in spinal muscular atrophy patients.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration - 1 Dec 2014
Alías Laura, Bernal Sara, Barceló Maria J, Martínez-Hernández Rebeca, Martínez Elisabeth, Baiget Montserrat, Tizzano Eduardo F
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Spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis are both motor neuron disorders. Several studies have tried to establish a link between the two diseases but the subject is still under debate. In amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, large expansions of the hexanucleotide GGGGCC in intron 1 of the C9orf72 gene are responsible for a variable percentage of familial and sporadic cases. We investigated whether the...
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