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Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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PFC is a Wellcome Trust Senior Fellow in Clinical Science. PJS is supported by the Wellcome Trust and the MND Association. We acknowledge the use of DNA from the British 1958 Birth Cohort collection funded by the Medical Research Council grant GR0000934 and the Wellcome Trust Grant 068545/Z/02.

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  1. Mitochondrial Research Group, The University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Patrick F. Chinnery, Catherine Mowbray, Hannah Elliot & Joanna L. Elson

  2. Institute of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    Patrick F. Chinnery

  3. Academic Neurology Unit, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

    Hannah Nixon, Judith Hartley & Pamela J. Shaw

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Chinnery, P.F., Mowbray, C., Elliot, H. et al. Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurogenetics 8, 65–67 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-006-0066-9

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