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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 75:1186-1188 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2003.028324
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Familial ALS in Germany: origin of the R115G SOD1 mutation by a founder effect

Table 2

 Allelic association of chromosome 21q22 markers in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis who have the SOD1 R115G mutation

Frequency
Marker* Allele R115G patients (n = 4) Controls (n = 90) p Value†
*Order of markers (centromere to telomere): Yorick - 41 kb - SNP SOD1 intron 1 - 2.9 kb - SNP SOD1 intron 3 - 234 kb - D21S63. †All other alleles (that is, non-7, non-A, non-C, non-4) were combined.
Yorick 7 1.0 0.21 <0 0.001
SNP SOD1 intron 1 A 1.0 0.12 <0 0.001
SNP SOD1 intron 3 C 1.0 0.10 < 0.001
D21S63 4 1.0 0.09 < 0.001

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