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Exome sequencing of case-unaffected-parents trios reveals recessive and de novo genetic variants in sporadic ALS.
Scientific reports - 16 Mar 2015
Steinberg Karyn Meltz, Yu Bing, Koboldt Daniel C, Mardis Elaine R, Pamphlett Roger
Abstract excerpt
The contribution of genetic variants to sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) remains largely unknown. Either recessive or de novo variants could result in an apparently sporadic occurrence of ALS. In an attempt to find such variants we sequenced the exomes of 44 ALS-unaffected-parents trios. Rare and potentially damaging compound heterozygous variants were found in 27% of ALS patients, homozygous...
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