GTP cyclohydrolase I gene, dystonia, juvenile parkinsonism, and Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neural Transmission, Supplement

Volumn , Issue 49, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Nagatsu, T ^a   Ichinosc, H ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE I; DOPAMINE;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DYSTONIA; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ADULT; ANIMAL; CORPUS STRIATUM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POINT MUTATION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANIMALS; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINE; DYSTONIA; GTP CYCLOHYDROLASE; HUMANS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION;

EID: 0030612213     PISSN: 03036995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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