First determination of the incidence of the unique TOR1A gene mutation, c.907delGAG, in a Mediterranean population

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 884-888

  Frédéric, Mélissa ^a,b   Lucarz, Estelle ^a,b   Monino, Christine ^a,b   Saquet, Céline ^c   Thorel, Delphine ^c   Claustres, Mireille ^a,b,c   Tuffery Giraud, Sylvie ^a,b   Collod Béroud, Gwenaelle ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c HÔPITAL ARNAUD DE VILLENEUVE   (France)

Author keywords

DYT1; Incidence; Primary dystonia; TOR1A

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FRANCE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCIDENCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOR1A GENE;

DNA; FRANCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MEDITERRANEAN ISLANDS; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 34249105158     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21391     Document Type: Article

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