Rapid Communication: Cu/Zn Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Familial and Sporadic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Neurochemistry
- Vol. 62 (1) , 384-387
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-4159.1994.62010384.x
Abstract
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a degenerative motor neuron disease that is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait in ~ 10% of cases. Recently we and others identified several sin...Keywords
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