α-synuclein in blood and brain from familial Parkinson disease with SNCA locus triplication

Neurology

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1835-1838

  Miller, D W ^a   Hague, S M ^a   Clarimon, J ^a   Baptista, M ^a   Gwinn Hardy, K ^b   Cookson, M R ^a   Singleton, A B ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SNCA GENE;

EID: 2442700253     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000127517.33208.F4     Document Type: Article

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