Further evidence of genetic heterogeneity in familial essential tremor

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-18

  Aridon, Paolo ^a,b   Ragonese, Paolo ^a   De Fusco, Maurizio ^b   Salemi, Giuseppe ^a   Casari, Giorgio ^b,c   Savettieri, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Linkage analysis; Neurological disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE;

EID: 38349173861     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.05.002     Document Type: Article

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