No evidence of association between the alpha-2 macroglobulin gene and Parkinson's disease in a case-control sample

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 328, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 65-67

  Nicoletti, Giuseppe ^a   Annesi, Grazia ^a   Tomaino, Carmine ^a   Spadafora, Patrizia ^a   Pasqua, Angela Aurora ^a   Annesi, Ferdinanda ^a   Serra, Paolo ^a   Caracciolo, Manuela ^a   Messina, Demetrio ^a   Zappia, Mario ^b   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b,c  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c Policlinico Mater Domini   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alpha 2 macroglobulin; Genetics; Parkinson's disease; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ISOLEUCINE; THIOESTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; BRAIN; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0037008349     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(02)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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