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Mutational analysis of TBK1 in Taiwanese patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Apr 2016
Tsai Pei-Chien, Liu Yi-Chien, Lin Kon-Ping, Liu Yo-Tsen, Liao Yi-Chu, Hsiao Cheng-Tsung, Soong Bing-Wen, Yip Ping-Keung, Lee Yi-Chung
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the TBK1 gene were just recently identified to cause amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), and their role in ALS in various populations remains unclear. The aim of this study was to determine the frequency and spectrum of mutations in TBK1 in a Taiwanese ALS cohort of Han Chinese origin. Mutational analyses of TBK1 were carried out by direct nucleotide sequencing in a cohort of 207 unrelated patients...
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