Mutations in the α-synuclein gene in Parkinson's disease among Indians

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 120-122

  Nagar, S ^a   Juyal, R C ^b   Chaudhary, S ^a   Behari, M ^c   Gupta, M ^d   Rao, S N ^e   Thelma, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY   (India)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^e GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

synuclein gene; G209A mutation; G88C mutation; Indian population; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ADULT; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0035156271     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0404.2001.103002120.x     Document Type: Article

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