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Mutant SOD1 mediated pathogenesis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
Gene - 15 Feb 2016
Kaur Simran J, McKeown Stephanie R, Rashid Shazia
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neural disorder that causes death of the motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord; this affects the voluntary muscles and gradually leads to paralysis of the whole body. Most ALS cases are sporadic, though about 5-10% are familial. ALS is caused by multiple factors including mutation in any one of a number of specific genes, one of the most frequently affected is...
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