Neuropathology of two members of a German-American kindred (Family C) with late onset parkinsonism

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 344-350

  Wszolek, Z K ^a   Gwinn Hardy, K ^a   Wszolek, E K ^a   Muenter, M D ^b   Pfeiffer, R F ^c   Rodnitzky, R L ^d   Uitti, R J ^a   McComb, R D ^e   Gasser, T ^f   Dickson, D W ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chromosome 2p; Familial parkinsonism; Family C (German American); Neuropathology; Synuclein

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; BRAIN STEM; CELL LOSS; CHROMOSOME 2P; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; ETHNIC GROUP; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENEALOGY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GLIOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEWY BODY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; NERVE CELL LESION; NEURITE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREMOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PEDIGREE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036946651     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-001-0474-8     Document Type: Article

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