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The investigation of genetic and clinical features in Chinese patients with juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Clinical genetics - 1 Sept 2017
Liu Z-J, Lin H-X, Liu G-L, Tao Q-Q, Ni W, Xiao B-G, Wu Z-Y
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Juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (JALS) occurs at an age of onset below 25 years with a heterogeneous disease onset location, variable progression and survival time. To investigate whether an ALS gene profile could resolve any aspects of clinical symptom heterogeneity, we have used targeted sequencing technology in a cohort of 12 JALS patients of Chinese descent. We detected 5 likely pathogenic mutations, 2...
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