Association of copy numbers of survival motor neuron gene 2 and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene with the natural history in a Chinese spinal muscular atrophy cohort
机构：[a]Department of Medical Genetics, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, No. 2, Yabao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100020, China[b]Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital Affiliated, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China[c]Department of Health Development, Capital Institute of Pediatrics, Beijing, China
The authors are grateful to the patients and their families for their participation and cooperation in this study. The authors acknowledge Professors Li Er-zhen (Children’s Hospital Affiliated Capital Institute of Pediatrics), Xiong Hui (First Hospital of Peking University), and Zou Li-ping (PLA General Hospital) for their clinical support and thank the staff and participants of the study for their important contributions. Author Contributions FS contributed to study concept and design, obtaining the funding, and critical revision of the manuscript. YJQ contributed to obtaining the funding, carried out the multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification experiments and the follow-up visits, conducted the statistical analyses, and drafted the manuscript. XSG conducted follow-up visits and collected clinical records and survival data. JLB also conducted follow-up visits and revision of the manuscript. LWW contributed to neurologic examination, clinical diagnosis, and analyses and interpretation of clinical data. YYL contributed to the statistical analyses. YYC, YWJ, and HW contributed to the multiplex ligation-dependent probe amplification experiments and data analyses. Declaration of Conflicting Interests The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Project No. 81050034 and 81100933), the Natural Science Foundation of Beijing Municipal (Project No. 7112020), the Capital Health Research and Development of Special (Project No. 2011-1008-03), and the Research Foundation of Capital Institute of Pediatrics (Project No. Fangxiang-2014-01). Ethical Approval This study was approved by the Capital Institute of Pediatrics’ Ethics Committee. The written informed consents were obtained from each parent/guardian of the patient.
Qu Y.-J,Ge X.-S,Bai J.-L,et al.Association of copy numbers of survival motor neuron gene 2 and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene with the natural history in a Chinese spinal muscular atrophy cohort[J].Journal of child neurology.2015,30(4):429-436.doi:10.1177/0883073814553271.
APA：
Qu, Y.-J,Ge, X.-S,Bai, J.-L,Wang, L.-W,Cao, Y.-Y...&Song, F.(2015).Association of copy numbers of survival motor neuron gene 2 and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene with the natural history in a Chinese spinal muscular atrophy cohort.Journal of child neurology,30,(4)
MLA：
Qu, Y.-J,et al."Association of copy numbers of survival motor neuron gene 2 and neuronal apoptosis inhibitory protein gene with the natural history in a Chinese spinal muscular atrophy cohort".Journal of child neurology 30..4(2015):429-436
