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Mutations in Cu/Zn superoxide dismutase gene are associated with familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Nature - 4 Mar 1993
Rosen D R, Siddique T, Patterson D, Figlewicz D A, Sapp P, Hentati A, Donaldson D, Goto J, O'Regan J P, Deng H X
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative disorder of motor neurons in the cortex, brainstem and spinal cord. Its cause is unknown and it is uniformly fatal, typically within five years. About 10% of cases are inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, with high penetrance after the sixth decade. In most instances, sporadic and autosomal dominant familial ALS (FALS) are clinically similar. We have...
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