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Variants in the ALS2 gene are not associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

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A.A.C. is a Medical Research Council (MRC) Clinician Scientist. V.H. is funded by the MRC. C.S. is funded by GKT Medical School. We wish to thank the Motor Neurone Disease Association, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Project ALS, ALS Association, and the Angel Fund. R.B. also receives generous funding from the National Institutes of Health (NINDS and NIA).

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  1. Cecil B. Day Laboratory for Neuromuscular Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, MGH East, Building 114, 16th Street, Charlestown, MA 02129, USA

    Ammar Al-Chalabi, Jing Xi, Betsy A. Hosler, Diane McKenna-Yasek & Robert H. Brown Jr

  2. Department of Neurology, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK

    Ammar Al-Chalabi, Valerie K. Hansen, Claire L. Simpson, Christopher E. Shaw & P. Nigel Leigh

  3. Department of Neuroscience, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London, De Crespigny Park, London SE5 8AF, UK

    John F. Powell

  4. Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics, Guy's King's and St Thomas' School of Medicine, London, UK

    Christopher E. Shaw

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Al-Chalabi, A., Hansen, V.K., Simpson, C.L. et al. Variants in the ALS2 gene are not associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Neurogenetics 4, 221–222 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10048-003-0152-1

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