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C9ORF72 Repeat Expansion in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in the Kii Peninsula of Japan

Hiroyuki Ishiura, Yuji Takahashi, Jun Mitsui, Sohei Yoshida, Tameko Kihira, Yasumasa Kokubo, Shigeki Kuzuhara, Laura P.W. Ranum, T Tamaoki, Yaeko Ichikawa,

Archives of Neurology · 2012 · 101 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

Our findings indicate that the repeat expansion partly accounts for the high prevalence of ALS in the Kii peninsula.

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A Hexanucleotide Repeat Expansion in C9ORF72 Is the Cause of Chromosome 9p21-Linked ALS-FTD

Alan E. Renton, Elisa Majounie, Adrian J. Waite et al. · Neuron · 2011 · 4.4K citations · Full text

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Frequency of the C9orf72 hexanucleotide repeat expansion in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia: a cross-sectional study

Elisa Majounie, Alan E. Renton, Kin Y. Mok et al. · The Lancet Neurology · 2012 · 1.2K citations · Full text

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Epidemiologic Investigations of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Leonard T. Kurland, Donald W. Mulder · Neurology · 1954 · 211 citations

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonian syndromes in high incidence among the Auyu and Jakai people of West New Guinea

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Familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and parkinsonism‐dementia complex of the Kii peninsula of Japan: Clinical and neuropathological study and tau analysis

Shigeki Kuzuhara, Yasumasa Kokubo, Ryogen Sasaki et al. · Annals of Neurology · 2001 · 115 citations

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