Multiple regions of α-synuclein are associated with Parkinson's disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 535-541

  Mueller, Jakob C ^a   Fuchs, Julia ^b   Hofer, Anne ^b   Zimprich, Alexander ^c   Lichtner, Peter ^a   Illig, Thomas ^a   Berg, Daniela ^b   Wüllner, Ullrich ^d   Meitinger, Thomas ^a   Gasser, Thomas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EXON; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC MARKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 20144387092     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.20438     Document Type: Article

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