Prominent sensory involvement in a case of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis carrying the L8V SOD1 mutation

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2016 Nov:150:194-196. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.08.008. Epub 2016 Aug 6.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
² Department of Neurology and Division of Clinical Research, Sendai Nishitaga National Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
³ Department of Medical Genetics, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. Electronic address: aokim@med.tohoku.ac.jp.

PMID: 27543311
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2016.08.008

No abstract available

Keywords: Familial ALS; Neurodegeneration; Peripheral neuropathy; SOD1; Sensory involvement.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / genetics*
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / physiopathology*
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pedigree
Superoxide Dismutase-1 / genetics*

Substances

SOD1 protein, human
Superoxide Dismutase-1

Supplementary concepts

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 1