Hunting genes in Parkinson's disease from the roots

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 51-55

  Muthane, U ^a   Jain, S ^a   Gururaj, G ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPE; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

EID: 0035758117     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1054/mehy.2001.1289     Document Type: Article

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