Homozygous deletions in parkin gene in European and North African families with autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism

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Volumn 352, Issue 9137, 1998, Pages 1355-1356

  Lucking C B ^b   Abbas, N ^b   Durr A ^b   Bonifati, V ^b   Bonnet, A M ^b   De Broucker, T ^b   De Michele, G ^b   Wood, N W ^b   Agid, Y ^b   Brice, A ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 6Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EUROPE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE DELETION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NORTH AFRICA; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032564235     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)60746-5     Document Type: Article

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