Planning genetic studies on primary adult-onset dystonia: Sample size estimates based on examination of first-degree relatives

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 251, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Defazio, Giovanni ^a   Martino, Davide ^a   Aniello, Maria Stella ^a   Masi, Gianluca ^a   Gigante, Angelo ^a   Bhatia, Kailash ^b   Livrea, Paolo ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adult onset; Genetics; Primary dystonia; Sample size; Statistical design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; RELATIVE; SAMPLE SIZE; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33751244500     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.08.009     Document Type: Article

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