The serotonin transporter gene and Parkinson's disease

European Neurology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 108-111

  McCann, Sally J ^a   McManus, Michael E ^a   Johnson, Anthony G ^a   Mellick, George D ^a   Le Couteur, David G ^b   Pond, Susan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Genetics; Parkinson's disease; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY HISTORY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESYNAPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 0033802936     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000008206     Document Type: Article

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