Association between a polymorphism of ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCH-L1) gene and sporadic Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 195-197

  Zhang, J ^a   Hattori, N ^a   Leroy, E ^b   Morris, H R ^c   Kubo, S I ^a   Kobayashi, T ^a   Wood, N W ^c   Polymeropoulos, M H ^d   Mizuno, Y ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Association study; Lewy bodies; Parkinson's disease; Polymorphism; Ubiquitin carboxy terminal hydrolase L1 gene

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; UBIQUITIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; NORMAL HUMAN; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033947504     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(00)00015-8     Document Type: Article

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