De Novo Mutations in Ataxin-2 Gene and ALS Risk

José Miguel Laffita-Mesa; Jorge Michel Rodríguez Pupo; Raciel Moreno Sera; Yaimee Vázquez Mojena; Vivian Kourí; Leonides Laguna-Salvia; Michael Martínez-Godales; José A. Valdevila Figueira; Peter O. Bauer; Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada; Yanetza González Zaldívar; Martin Paucar; Per Svenningsson; Luís Velázquez Pérez

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070560

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De Novo Mutations in Ataxin-2 Gene and ALS Risk

José Miguel Laffita-Mesa ,

* E-mail: laffita@ataxia.hlg.sld.cu (JMLM); cirahsca2@cristal.hlg.sld.cu (LVP)

Affiliations Center for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, Holguín, Cuba, Branch of Biomedicine of the Cuban Academy of Sciences -ACC-, Havana, Cuba
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Jorge Michel Rodríguez Pupo,

Affiliation Clinical and Surgical Hospital Lucía Íñiquez Landín, Holguín, Cuba
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Raciel Moreno Sera,

Affiliation Policlinic and Medical Faculty, Tacajó, Báguanos, Holguín, Cuba
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Yaimee Vázquez Mojena,

Affiliation Center for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, Holguín, Cuba
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Vivian Kourí,

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology of Department of ITS, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, Havana, Cuba
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Leonides Laguna-Salvia,

Affiliation Clinical and Surgical Hospital Lucía Íñiquez Landín, Holguín, Cuba
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Michael Martínez-Godales,

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology of Department of ITS, Institute of Tropical Medicine Pedro Kourí, Havana, Cuba
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José A. Valdevila Figueira,

Affiliation Clinical and Surgical Hospital Lucía Íñiquez Landín, Holguín, Cuba
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Peter O. Bauer,

Affiliation Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
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Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada,

Affiliations Center for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, Holguín, Cuba, Branch of Biomedicine of the Cuban Academy of Sciences -ACC-, Havana, Cuba
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Yanetza González Zaldívar,

Affiliation Center for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, Holguín, Cuba
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Martin Paucar,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
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Per Svenningsson,

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Sweden
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Luís Velázquez Pérez

* E-mail: laffita@ataxia.hlg.sld.cu (JMLM); cirahsca2@cristal.hlg.sld.cu (LVP)

Affiliations Center for the Research and Rehabilitation of Hereditary Ataxias, Holguín, Cuba, Branch of Biomedicine of the Cuban Academy of Sciences -ACC-, Havana, Cuba
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De Novo Mutations in Ataxin-2 Gene and ALS Risk

José Miguel Laffita-Mesa,
Jorge Michel Rodríguez Pupo,
Raciel Moreno Sera,
Yaimee Vázquez Mojena,
Vivian Kourí,
Leonides Laguna-Salvia,
Michael Martínez-Godales,
José A. Valdevila Figueira,
Peter O. Bauer,
Roberto Rodríguez-Labrada

Published: August 6, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070560

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Authors has noted that the paper was published with mistakes in the heading, legend and position of table 1 and 2. We provided correct table headings, but It appears as if a system error caused the switch of headings. Corrections department are working to change it. The current form of the article don't change any result. Also, did not affect interpretation of the paper.

No competing interests declared.

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