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Analysis of SOD1 mutations in a Chinese population with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a case-control study and literature review.
Scientific reports - 14 Mar 2017
Wei QianQian, Zhou QingQing, Chen YongPing, Ou RuWei, Cao Bei, Xu YaQian, Yang Jing, Shang Hui-Fang
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Although the copper/zinc superoxide dismutase-1 (SOD1) gene has been identified in both familial ALS (FALS) and sporadic ALS (SALS), it has rarely been studied in Chinese patients with ALS, and there are few studies with large samples. This study sought to assess the prevalence of SOD1 mutations in Chinese ALS patients. We screened a cohort of 499 ALS patients (487 SALS and 12 FALS) from the Department of...
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