Identification of Spanish familial Parkinson's disease and screening for the Ala53Thr mutation of the α-synuclein gene in early onset patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 57-60

  Muñoz, Esteban ^a   Oliva, Rafael ^a   Obach, Victor ^a   Martí, María J ^a   Pastor, Pau ^a   Ballesta, Francisca ^a   Tolosa, Eduardo ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Synuclein; Chromosome 4; Early onset; Genetics; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALANINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SPAIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDIGREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAIN; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 0343488574     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(97)00710-6     Document Type: Article

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