A mutation in the microtubule-associated protein tau in pallido- nigroluysian degeneration

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 864-868

  Yasuda, Minoru ^e   Kawamata, T ^f   Komure, O ^a   Kuno, S ^a   D'Souza, I ^b,c   Poorkaj, P ^b,c   Kawai, J ^d   Tanimukai, S ^f   Yamamoto, Y ^f   Hasegawa, H ^f   Sasahara, M ^d   Hazama, F ^d   Schellenberg, G D ^b,c   Tanaka, C ^f  

^a UTANO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e Hyogo Inst Aging Brain Cogn D   (Japan)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Microtubule associated protein tau; Mutation; Pallido nigro luysian degeneration

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MISSENSE MUTATION; PARKINSONISM; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033546987     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.4.864     Document Type: Article

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