Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: National Registry, Genetic & Environmental Factors
Announcement: ALS Awareness Month — May 2014
MMWR Weekly May 2, 2014 / 63(17);387-387
MMWR Weekly May 2, 2014 / 63(17);387-387
National Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) registryfrom the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
What causes ALS? Although no cause has been found for most cases of ALS, a number of inherited factors have been found to cause familial ALS
Genetics and ALS: Find out more information from the NIH Genetics Home Reference- An estimated 5 to 10 percent of ALS is familial and caused by mutations in one of several genes
Keeping up with genetic discoveries in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: ALSGene database
Lill CM et al. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2011 Jul;12(4):238-49.
Lill CM et al. Amyotroph Lateral Scler. 2011 Jul;12(4):238-49.
Did you know there are 194 genes reported in relation to risk and complications of ALS, including 34 genomewide association studies? To find out more, visit the HuGE Navigator
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