Clinical and genetic study of essential tremor in the Italian population

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 39-40

  Abbruzzese, G ^a   Pigullo, S ^a   Di Maria, E ^a   Martinelli, P ^a   Barone, P ^a   Marchese, R ^a   Scaglione, C ^a   Assini, A ^a   Lucetti, C ^a   Berardelli, A ^a   Calzetti, S ^a   Bellone, E ^a   Ajmar, F ^a   Mandich, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME MAP; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

EID: 18044399568     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720170036     Document Type: Article

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