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Identification of three novel mutations in the gene for Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase in patients with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD - 1 Sept 1995
Sapp P C, Rosen D R, Hosler B A, Esteban J, McKenna-Yasek D, O'Regan J P, Horvitz H R, Brown R H
Abstract excerpt
About 10% of cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a paralytic disorder characterized by death of motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord, exhibit autosomal dominant inheritance. A subgroup of these familial cases are caused by mutations in the gene encoding Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase (SOD1). We report here three additional mutations occurring in the SOD1 gene in three families with ALS. Two of these...
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