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. 2024 Dec;18(6):1115-1118.
doi: 10.1007/s11684-024-1100-8. Epub 2024 Oct 12.

First insights into genotype and phenotype of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Egypt: early onset and high consanguinity

Nabila Hamdi  1 , Kathrin Mueller  2 , Amr Hamza  3 , Radwa Soliman  4 , Enass Onbool  4 , Kareem Omran  4 , Omnia Ocab  3 , Axel Freischmidt  5 , Reiner Siebert  2 , Albert Ludolph  5   6 , Nagia Fahmy  4
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First insights into genotype and phenotype of familial amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Egypt: early onset and high consanguinity

Nabila Hamdi et al. Front Med. 2024 Dec.
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Conflict of interest statement

Compliance with ethics guidelines. Conflicts of interest Nabila Hamdi, Kathrin Mueller, Amr Hamza, Radwa Soliman, Enass Onbool, Kareem Omran, Omnia Ocab, Axel Freischmidt, Reiner Siebert, Albert Ludolph, and Nagia Fahmy declare that they have no conflict of interest. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Ain Shams Faculty of Medicine (ID: FMASU MS 298/2021) and the study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards as laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.

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