Genome-wide association study identifies 19p13.3 (UNC13A) and 9p21.2 as susceptibility loci for sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.

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Published in Nat Genet on September 06, 2009

Authors

Michael A van Es1, Jan H Veldink, Christiaan G J Saris, Hylke M Blauw, Paul W J van Vught, Anna Birve, Robin Lemmens, Helenius J Schelhaas, Ewout J N Groen, Mark H B Huisman, Anneke J van der Kooi, Marianne de Visser, Caroline Dahlberg, Karol Estrada, Fernando Rivadeneira, Albert Hofman, Machiel J Zwarts, Perry T C van Doormaal, Dan Rujescu, Eric Strengman, Ina Giegling, Pierandrea Muglia, Barbara Tomik, Agnieszka Slowik, Andre G Uitterlinden, Corinna Hendrich, Stefan Waibel, Thomas Meyer, Albert C Ludolph, Jonathan D Glass, Shaun Purcell, Sven Cichon, Markus M Nöthen, H-Erich Wichmann, Stefan Schreiber, Sita H H M Vermeulen, Lambertus A Kiemeney, John H J Wokke, Simon Cronin, Russell L McLaughlin, Orla Hardiman, Katsumi Fumoto, R Jeroen Pasterkamp, Vincent Meininger, Judith Melki, P Nigel Leigh, Christopher E Shaw, John E Landers, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Robert H Brown, Wim Robberecht, Peter M Andersen, Roel A Ophoff, Leonard H van den Berg

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurology, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

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