Identification of TYW3/CRYZ and FGD4 as susceptibility genes for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Ling Wei¹, Yanghua Tian¹, Yongping Chen¹+24

• ¹Department of Neurology (L.W., Y.T., C. Xie, Y. Wang, K.W.), the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei; Department of Neurology (Y.C., Q.W., B.C., Y. Wu, B.Z., X.C., H.S.), West China Hospital of Sichuan University, Chengdu; Department of Medical Psychology (F.C., K.W.), Anhui Medical University; Department of Neurology (C. Xi), the Third Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University; Institution of Neurology (X.Y.), Anhui College of Traditional Medicine; Department of Neurology (J.W.), the Second People's Hospital of Hefei; Department of Neurology (X.L.), Anhui Provincial Hospital; Department of Neurology (J.D.), the Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei; Department of Neurology (L.S.), Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha; Department of Neurology (X.W.), Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai; Department of Physiology (B.S.), School of Basic Medicine, Anhui Medical University, Hefei; Department of Neurology (Q.G.), Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai; Department of Neurology (L.G.), the Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang; School of Life Science (K.X.), Central South University, Changsha; Department of Neurology (P.X.), the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing; Department of Dermatology (X. Zhang, X. Zuo), the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University; and State Key Laboratory Incubation Base of Dermatology (X. Zhang, X. Zuo), Ministry of National Science and Technology, Hefei, China.