Identification of a candidate modifying gene for spinal muscular atrophy by comparative genomics

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a common recessive disorder characterized by the loss of lower motor neurons in the spinal cord. The disease has been classified into three types based on age of onset and severity 1 . SMA I-III all map to chromosome 5q13 (Refs 2 , 3 ), and nearly all patients displa...

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Published inNature genetics Vol. 20; no. 1; pp. 83 - 86
Main Authors Kunkel, Louis M, Scharf, Jeremiah M, Endrizzi, Matthew G, Wetter, Axel, Huang, Sidong, Thompson, Terri G, Zerres, Klaus, Dietrich, William F, Wirth, Brunhilde
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York Nature Publishing Group US 01.09.1998
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