Mutational screening of the parkin gene among South Indians with early onset Parkinson's disease

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1588-1590

  Madegowda, R H ^a   Kishore, A ^b   Anand, A ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHIONINE; PARKIN; THREONINE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; EXON; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOZYGOSITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES;

EID: 27444434729     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2004.046888     Document Type: Article

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