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Epidemiology of mutations in superoxide dismutase in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 1997
Cudkowicz M E, McKenna-Yasek D, Sapp P E, Chin W, Geller B, Hayden D L, Schoenfeld D A, Hosler B A, Horvitz H R, Brown R H
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We registered 366 families in a study of dominantly inherited amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Two hundred ninety families were screened for mutations in the gene encoding copper-zinc cytosolic superoxide dismutase (SOD1). Mutations were detected in 68 families. The most common SOD1 mutation is an...
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