Genetic analysis of families with Parkinson disease that carry the Ala53Thr mutation in the gene encoding α-synudein [1]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 555-558

  Athanassiadou, A ^a   Voutsinas, G ^a   Psiouri, L ^a   Leroy, E ^a   Polymeropoulos, M H ^a   Ilias, A ^a   Maniatis, G M ^a   Papapetropoulos, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; CHROMOSOME 4; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MARKER GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033365388     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302486     Document Type: Letter

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