No association between polymorphisms in the BDNF gene and age at onset in Huntington disease

BMC Medical Genetics

Volumn 7, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mai, Maren ^a   Akkad, Amer D ^a   Wieczorek, Stefan ^a   Saft, Carsten ^b   Andrich, Jürgen ^b   Kraus, Peter H ^b   Epplen, Jörg T ^a   Arning, Larissa ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CYSTEINE; GLYCINE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CODON; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VALINE;

EID: 33751227840     PISSN: 14712350     EISSN: 14712350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2350-7-79     Document Type: Article

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