Dopamine beta hydroxylase gene polymorphism and Parkinson's disease

Chinese Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 238-240

  Zhao, Xiao ping ^a   Xie, Hui jun ^a   Tang, Guo mei ^b   Zhao, Wu wei ^a   Xu, Ling ^b   Su, Jing jing ^a   Hao, Yi xin ^a   Ren, Da ming ^b  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dopamine beta hydroxylase; Genetic polymorphism; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING;

DOPAMINE BETA HYDROXYLASE (DBH);

GENES;

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH;

EID: 0038172378     PISSN: 10039406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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