Deletions in the parkin gene and genetic heterogeneity in a Greek family with early onset Parkinson's disease

Human Genetics

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-427

  Leroy, Elisabeth ^a   Anastasopoulos, Dimitri ^b   Konitsiotis, Spiridon ^c   Lavedan, Christian ^a   Polymeropoulos, Mihael H ^a  

^a NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; GENES, RECESSIVE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GREECE; HUMANS; LOD SCORE; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 0031753976     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050845     Document Type: Article

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