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Single-nucleotide Polymorphism rs2275294 in ZNF512B is not Associated with Susceptibility to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in a Large Chinese Cohort.
Chinese medical journal - 20 Dec 2015
Ju Xiao-Dong, Liu Tao, Chen Jing, Li Xiao-Gang, Liu Xin-Xiu, Liu Wen-Chao, Wang Kai, Deng Min
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BACKGROUND: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects motor neurons and has no effective treatment. Recently, Iida et al. identified a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs2275294 in the ZNF512B gene that is significantly associated with susceptibility to ALS in the Japanese population. Here, we performed a case-control study examining the possible...
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