The dopamine transporter gene and Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1577-1579

  Leighton, P W ^a   Le Couteur, David G ^a,d   Pang, C C P ^b   McCann, S J ^a   Chan, D ^c   Law, L K ^b   Kay, R ^b   Pond, S M ^a   Woo, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CHINESE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINE UPTAKE; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0031467513     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.6.1577     Document Type: Article

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