ALS Compendium

Title: Genetic analysis of SIGMAR1 as a cause of familial ALS with dementia.

Year Published: 2013

Observation: Identified one variant in SIGMAR1 gene in one patient. After testing 190 controls, variant was identified in 1 control

Comment: it can be concluded that coding mutations or UTR variants in SIGMAR1 are not a cause of ALS in cohort of Caucasian ALS families

Citation: Belzil, V. V, Daoud, H., Camu, W., Strong, M. J., Dion, P. a, & Rouleau, G. a. (2013). Genetic analysis of SIGMAR1 as a cause of familial ALS with dementia. European Journal of Human Genetics : EJHG, 21(2), 237–9. doi:10.1038/ejhg.2012.135

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