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Familial juvenile focal amyotrophy of the upper extremity (Hirayama disease). Superoxide dismutase 1 genotype and activity.
Archives of neurology - 1 Jan 1997
Robberecht W, Aguirre T, Van den Bosch L, Theys P, Nees H, Cassiman J J, Matthijs G
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BACKGROUND: Juvenile focal amyotrophy of the arm is an unusual focal motor neuron disease that is rarely familial. Its pathogenesis is unknown. We recently described a family with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis associated with a mutation in the superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1) gene substituting an aspartate for an alanine (D9OA). One of the carriers of this mutation had focal and nonprogressive amyotrophy of the arm,...
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