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01-08-2003 | Letter to the Editor

Variants in the ALS2 gene are not associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Authors: Ammar Al-Chalabi, Valerie K. Hansen, Claire L. Simpson, Jing Xi, Betsy A. Hosler, John F. Powell, Diane McKenna-Yasek, Christopher E. Shaw, P. Nigel Leigh, Robert H. Brown Jr

Published in: Neurogenetics | Issue 4/2003

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Title: Variants in the ALS2 gene are not associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Authors: Ammar Al-Chalabi
Valerie K. Hansen
Claire L. Simpson
Jing Xi
Betsy A. Hosler
John F. Powell
Diane McKenna-Yasek
Christopher E. Shaw
P. Nigel Leigh
Robert H. Brown Jr
Publication date: 01-08-2003
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Neurogenetics / Issue 4/2003
Print ISSN: 1364-6745
Electronic ISSN: 1364-6753
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-003-0152-1

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