A case of late onset sporadic Parkinson's disease with an A53T mutation in α-synuclein [1]

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 596-597

  Michell, Andrew W ^a   Barker, R A ^a   Raha Chowdhury, R ^a   Raha, S K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PRINCESS OF WALES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AGED; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; CASE REPORT; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; DNA PRIMERS; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERIODICITY; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 16844380834     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.046425     Document Type: Letter

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