The Ala53Thr mutation in the α-synuclein gene in a Korean family with Parkinson disease [2]

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 471-473

  Ki, C S ^a   Stavrou, E F ^b   Davanos, N ^b   Lee, Won Yong ^a   Chung, E J ^a   Kim, J Y ^a   Athanassiadou, Aglaria ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; GENOMIC DNA; LEVODOPA; THREONINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KOREA; LETTER; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALANINE; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; FAMILY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEDIGREE; THREONINE;

EID: 34248351183     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00781.x     Document Type: Letter

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