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FIG4 variants in central European patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a whole-exome and targeted sequencing study.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Feb 2017
Osmanovic Alma, Rangnau Isolde, Kosfeld Anne, Abdulla Susanne, Janssen Claas, Auber Bernd, Raab Peter, Preller Matthias, Petri Susanne, Weber Ruthild G
Abstract excerpt
We aimed to identify the genetic cause of the devastating neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a German family with two affected individuals, and to assess the prevalence of variants in the identified risk gene, FIG4, in a central European ALS cohort. Whole-exome sequencing (WES) and an overlapping data analysis strategy were performed in an ALS family with autosomal dominant...
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