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01-10-2012 | Letter to the Editors

Lower motor neuron disease caused by a novel FUS/TLS gene frameshift mutation

Authors: Makoto Hara, Masayuki Minami, Satoshi Kamei, Naoki Suzuki, Masaaki Kato, Masashi Aoki

Published in: Journal of Neurology | Issue 10/2012

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Title: Lower motor neuron disease caused by a novel FUS/TLS gene frameshift mutation
Authors: Makoto Hara
Masayuki Minami
Satoshi Kamei
Naoki Suzuki
Masaaki Kato
Masashi Aoki
Publication date: 01-10-2012
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of Neurology / Issue 10/2012
Print ISSN: 0340-5354
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-012-6542-2

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