January 01, 1997; 48 (1) Article
A Novel Mutation in the Sterol 27-hydroxylase Gene of a Pakistani Family with Autosomal Recessive Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
M. S. Ahmed, S. Afsar, A. Hentati, A. Ahmad, J. Pasha, T. Juneja, Wu-Yen Hung, Ak. Ahmad, A. Choudhri, S. Saya, T. Siddique
First published January 1, 1997, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.48.1.258
M. S. Ahmed
S. Afsar
A. Hentati
A. Ahmad
J. Pasha
T. Juneja
Wu-Yen Hung
Ak. Ahmad
A. Choudhri
S. Saya
A Novel Mutation in the Sterol 27-hydroxylase Gene of a Pakistani Family with Autosomal Recessive Cerebrotendinous Xanthomatosis
M. S. Ahmed, S. Afsar, A. Hentati, A. Ahmad, J. Pasha, T. Juneja, Wu-Yen Hung, Ak. Ahmad, A. Choudhri, S. Saya, T. Siddique
Neurology Jan 1997, 48 (1) 258-260; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.258
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- First Published January 1, 1997.
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Author Disclosures
- M. S. Ahmed, PhD,
- S. Afsar, MRCP,
- A. Hentati, MD,
- A. Ahmad, MB, BS,
- J. Pasha, MB, BS,
- T. Juneja, MS,
- Wu-Yen Hung, PhD,
- Ak. Ahmad, FRCP,
- A. Choudhri, MD,
- S. Saya, MD and
- T. Siddique, MD
- M. S. Ahmed, PhD,
- S. Afsar, MRCP,
- A. Hentati, MD,
- A. Ahmad, MB, BS,
- J. Pasha, MB, BS,
- T. Juneja, MS,
- Wu-Yen Hung, PhD,
- Ak. Ahmad, FRCP,
- A. Choudhri, MD,
- S. Saya, MD and
- T. Siddique, MD
- From the Department of Neurology (Drs. Ahmed and Hentati, T. Juneja, and Drs. Hung and Siddique), Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL; Department of Medicine (Drs. Afsar, A. Ahmad, Pasha, Ak. Ahmad, Choudhri, Saya, and Siddique), Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan; Department of Cell & Molecular Biology (Dr. Siddique), Northwestern University Medical School, Chicago, IL; and Northwestern University Institute for Neuroscience (T. Juneja), Chicago, IL.
- Supported by NIH grants no. P01 NS31248 and NS21442 (T.S.), the Les Turner ALS Foundation, Searle Family Center for Neurological Disorders (T.S.), and The Herbert & Florence C. Wenske Foundation (T.S.). W.-H. Hung is a Muriel Heller Fellow.
- Received October 23, 1995. Accepted in final form May 14, 1996.
- Address correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr. T. Siddique, Northwestern University Medical School, Tarry 13-715, 303 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611.
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