Association of tau gene polymorphism with Parkinson's disease

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-224

  Zappia, M ^a,b   Annesi, G ^b   Nicoletti, G ^b   Serra, P ^b   Arabia, G ^a   Pugliese, P ^a   Messina, D ^b   Caracciolo, M ^b   Romero, N ^b   Annesi, F ^b   Pasqua, A A ^b   Spadafora, P ^b   Civitelli, D ^b   Romeo, N ^b   Epifanio, A ^c   Morgante, L ^c   Quattrone, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE NUCLEOTIDE; TAU PROTEIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEGREGATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMICS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TAU PROTEINS;

EID: 0142248472     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-003-0141-z     Document Type: Article

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