Abstract
The authors present a pedigree with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in five generations. Dominant transmission with incomplete penetrance is likely.
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosisPenetranceMedicineTransmission (telecommunications)GeneticsBiologyDiseaseInternal medicinePhenotypeComputer scienceGeneTelecommunications
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- 1980
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- article
- Volume
- 18
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 109-115
- Citations
- 20
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H Husquinet,
Georges Franck
(1980).
Hereditary amyotrophic lateral sclerosis transmitted for five generations.
Clinical Genetics
, 18
(2)
, 109-115.
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-0004.1980.tb01020.x
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- 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1980.tb01020.x