Mutational analysis of the tau gene in progressive supranuclear palsy

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1421-1424

  Higgins, Joseph J ^a   Adler, Rima L ^a   Loveless, Joseph M ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human chromosome 17q; Mutations; Polymorphisms; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Tau

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL MIGRATION; CHROMOSOME 17Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0032744571     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.7.1421     Document Type: Article

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