Neurodegenerative diseases of Guam: Analysis of TAU

Neurology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 411-413

  Pérez Tur, Jordi ^a   Buee L ^b   Morris, H R ^c   Waring, S C ^d   Onstead, L ^a   Wavrant De Vrieze F ^a   Crook, R ^a   Buee Scherrer V ^e   Hof, P R ^f   Petersen, R C ^d   McGeer, P L ^g   Delacourte, A ^b   Hutton, M ^a   Siddique, T ^h   Ahlskog, J E ^d   Hardy, J ^a   Steele, J C ⁱ  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ARTOIS   (France)

^f MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^h NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Guam Memorial Hospital   (Guam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GUAM; HUMAN; MALE; MARKER GENE; MEDICAL GENETICS; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344417053     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.53.2.411     Document Type: Article

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