A novel splice-site mutation in ALS2 establishes the diagnosis of juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a family with early onset anarthria and generalized dystonias.

A novel splice-site mutation in ALS2 establishes the diagnosis of juvenile amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a family with early onset anarthria and generalized dystonias.

The diagnosis of childhood neurological disorders remains challenging given the overlapping clinical presentation across subgroups and heterogeneous presentation within subgroups. To determine the underlying genetic cause of a severe neurological disorder in a large consanguineous Pakistani family p...

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Main Authors: Saima Siddiqi, Jia Nee Foo, Anthony Vu, Saad Azim, David L Silver, Atika Mansoor, Stacey Kiat Hong Tay, Sumiya Abbasi, Asraf Hussain Hashmi, Jamal Janjua, Sumbal Khalid, E Shyong Tai, Gene W Yeo, Chiea Chuen Khor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4256290?pdf=render

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