Possible Somatic Mosaicism of Novel FUS Variant in Familial Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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- Received July 29, 2020
- Accepted in final form November 9, 2020
- First Published January 12, 2021.
Author Disclosures
- Shin Hisahara, MD, PhD,
- Ayumi Nishiyama, MD, PhD (nishi.ayumi{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp),
- Emiko Tsuda, MD, PhD (tsudaemi{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
- Syuuichirou Suzuki, MD, PhD (ssuzu{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
- Akihiro Matsumura, MD, PhD (ama{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
- Aki Ishikawa, MD, PhD (a.ishikawa{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
- Akihiro Sakurai, MD, PhD (sakurai.akihiro{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
- Ikuko N. Motoike, PhD (motoike{at}megabank.tohoku.ac.jp),
- Masashi Aoki, MD, PhD (aokim{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp),
- Yoko Aoki, MD, PhD (aokiy{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp) and
- Shun Shimohama, MD, PhD (shimoha{at}sapmed.ac.jp)
- Shin Hisahara, MD, PhD,
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- Ayumi Nishiyama, MD, PhD (nishi.ayumi{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp),
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(1)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science(JSPS),JP19K16997, Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists, 2019-2020
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- Emiko Tsuda, MD, PhD (tsudaemi{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
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- Syuuichirou Suzuki, MD, PhD (ssuzu{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
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- Akihiro Matsumura, MD, PhD (ama{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
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- Aki Ishikawa, MD, PhD (a.ishikawa{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
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- Akihiro Sakurai, MD, PhD (sakurai.akihiro{at}sapmed.ac.jp),
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- Ikuko N. Motoike, PhD (motoike{at}megabank.tohoku.ac.jp),
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- Masashi Aoki, MD, PhD (aokim{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp),
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Masashi Aoki has received research grants, Research on Nervous and Mental disorders, Research on rare and intractable diseases, Research on Psychiatric and Neurological Diseases and Mental Health from the Japanese Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare, Grants-in-Aids for Scientific Research, an Intramural Research Grant for Neurological Psychiatric Disorders from NCNP, Grants-in-Aids for Scientific Research from the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology(MEXT), and Practical Research Project for Rare / Intractable Diseases from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development(AMED).
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- Yoko Aoki, MD, PhD (aokiy{at}med.tohoku.ac.jp) and
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(1) Journal of Human Genetics, Editorial Board, 2015- (2) Human Genome Variation, Associate editor, 2017-
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(1)the Japanese Ministry of Health Labor and Welfare, Japan, 20FC1046, Investigator, 2018- (2)Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, 18K19504, 17H042231,20H03636, Principal Investigator, 2018- (3)Japan Agency for Medical Research and development (AMED),Japan, JP18ek0109241(-2019), JP20ek0109470(2020-), Principal Investigator, Investigator
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- Shun Shimohama, MD, PhD (shimoha{at}sapmed.ac.jp)
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Journal of Alzheimers Disease, Associate Editor, four years
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- From the Department of Neurology (S.H., S. Suzuki, A.M., S. Shimohama), School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan; Department of Neurology (A.N., M.A.), Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan; Department of Neurology (E.T.), Sapporo Shirakabadai Hospital, Japan; Department of Medical Genetics and Genomics (A.I., A.S.), School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan; Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (I.N.M.), Tohoku University Graduate School of Information Sciences, Sendai, Japan; and Department of Medical Genetics (Y.A.), Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
- Correspondence
Dr. Hisahara hisahara{at}sapmed.ac.jp
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