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The SOD1 mouse develops an ALS-like disease that researchers hope overlaps enough with human ALS that mouse responses to treatment might predict human responses. SOD1 gene mutations, however, cause a familial (inherited) form of human ALS thatâs present in only 1 percent to 3 percent of ALS cases. For some 90 percent of patients, the disease isnât familial. Its onset is unpredictable (sporadic) and the cause is unknown.
ALS resulting from this mutation has an onset from 30's to 50's. Lower motor neuron loss is more common with sensory loss and/or postural tremor. Common signs of this mutation are cramps, fasciculations, and lower motor weakness. The gene is located on chromosome 20q13.33.