Corticobasal degeneration shares a common genetic background with progressive supranuclear palsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 374-377

  Di Maria, Emilio ^a   Tabaton, Massimo ^a   Vigo, Tiziana ^a   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^a   Bellone, Emilia ^a   Donati, Catia ^b   Frasson, Emma ^d   Marchese, Roberta ^a   Montagna, Pasquale ^b   Munoz, David G ^e,f   Pramstaller, Peter P ^c   Zanusso, Gianluigi ^d   Ajmar, Franco ^a   Mandich, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c General Regional Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYSTEM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AGED; ALLELES; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 0034011659     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200003)47:3<374::AID-ANA15>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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