Alpha-synuclein mRNA expression in sporadic Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 620-623

  Tan, Eng King ^a,b,c   Chandran, Van R ^a   Fook Chong, Stephanie ^a   Shen, Hui ^a   Yew, Kenneth ^a   Teoh, Mei Lin ^a   Yuen, Yih ^a   Zhao, Yi ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Gene dosage; mRNA; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; LEVODOPA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SYNUCLEINS;

EID: 20844450403     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20391     Document Type: Article

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