Essential tremor is not associated with α-synuclein gene haplotypes

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 823-826

  Pigullo, Simona ^a   Di Maria, Emilio ^a   Marchese, Roberta ^a   Bellone, Emilia ^a   Gulli, Rossella ^a   Scaglione, Cesa ^b   Battaglia, Stella ^b   Barone, Paolo ^c   Martinelli, Paolo ^b   Abbruzzesse, Giovanni ^a   Ajmar, Franco ^a   Mandich, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

synuclein; Association study; Essential tremor; ET; NACP

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ALLELES; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 10744230558     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10421     Document Type: Article

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