Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup K is associated with a lower risk of parkinson's disease in Italians

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 748-752

  Ghezzi, Daniele ^a   Marelli, Cecilia ^a,k   Achilli, Alessandro ^b   Goldwurm, Stefano ^c   Pezzoli, Gianni ^c   Barone, Paolo ^d   Pellecchia, Maria Teresa ^d   Stanzione, Paolo ^e   Brusa, Livia ^e   Bentivoglio, Anna Rita ^f   Bonuccelli, Ubaldo ^g   Petrozzi, Lucia ^g   Abbruzzese, Giovanni ^h   Marchese, Roberta ^h   Cortelli, Pietro ⁱ   Grimaldi, Daniela ⁱ   Martinelli, Paolo ^j   Ferrarese, Carlo ^k   Garavaglia, Barbara ^a   Sangiorgi, Simonetta ^j   Carelli, Valerio ^j   Torroni, Antonio ^b   Albanese, Alberto ^a   Zeviani, Massimo ^a   more..

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^f CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups; Parkinson's disease; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLADISTICS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 20544461885     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201425     Document Type: Article

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