Familial aggregation of Parkinson's disease in Iceland

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 343, Issue 24, 2000, Pages 1765-1770

  Sveinbjörnsdóttir, Sigurlaug ^a   Hicks, Andrew A ^b   Jónsson, Thorlákur ^b   Pétursson, Hjörvar ^b   Guomundsson, Grétar ^a   Frigge, Michael L ^b   Kong, Augustine ^b,c   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^b   Stefánsson, Kári ^b  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0034649710     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200012143432404     Document Type: Article

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