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UNC13A confers risk for sporadic ALS and influences survival in a Spanish cohort.
Journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2015
Vidal-Taboada Jose Manuel, Lopez-Lopez Alan, Salvado Maria, Lorenzo Laura, Garcia Cecilia, Mahy Nicole, Rodríguez Manuel J, Gamez Josep
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the association of functional variants of the human UNC13A gene with the risk of ALS, survival and the disease progression rate in a Spanish ALS cohort. 136 sporadic ALS (sALS) patients and 487 healthy controls were genotyped for the UNC13A rs12608932 variant. Clinical characterization of ALS patients included gender, age at first symptom, initial topography, disease progression rate, and survival....
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