The α-synuclein gene and Parkinson disease in a Chinese population

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 501-503

  Chan, Daniel K Y ^a   Mellick, George ^b   Cai, Hua ^e   Wang, Xing L ^a   Ng, Ping W ^c   Pang, Calvin P ^d   Woo, Jean ^d   Kay, Richard ^d  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA DETERMINATION; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034087189     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.57.4.501     Document Type: Article

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