Frequent sequence variation at the ETM2 locus and its association with sporadic essential tremor in Korea

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1650-1653

  Kim, Jeong Hyun ^a,b   Cho, Yoon Hee ^c   Kim, Jeong Kook ^a   Park, Yong Gou ^c   Chang, Jin Woo ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Macrogen Inc   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Essential tremor (ET); ETM2; Polymorphism; Short tandem repeats (STRs)

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN ETM2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 2P; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; TANDEM REPEAT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; KOREA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33644940889     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20646     Document Type: Article

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