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Comprehensive targeted next-generation sequencing in Japanese familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 May 2017
Nishiyama Ayumi, Niihori Tetsuya, Warita Hitoshi, Izumi Rumiko, Akiyama Tetsuya, Kato Masaaki, Suzuki Naoki, Aoki Yoko, Aoki Masashi
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an adult-onset neurodegenerative disease characterized by loss of motor neurons. We have recently identified SOD1 and FUS mutations as the most common causes in a consecutive series of 111 familial ALS pedigrees in Japan. To reveal possible genetic causes for the remaining 51 patients with familial ALS (45 pedigrees), we performed targeted next-generation sequencing of 35...
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