Glucocerebrosidase gene mutations are associated with Parkinson's disease in southern Italy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 460-463

  De Marco, Elvria V ^a   Annesi, Grazia ^a   Tarantino, Patrizia ^a   Rocca, Francesca E ^a   Provenzano, Giovanni ^a   Civitelli, Donatella ^a   Candiano, Innocenza C Cirò ^a   Annesi, Ferdinanda ^a   Carrideo, Sara ^a   Condino, Francesca ^a   Nicoletti, Giuseppe ^a   Messina, Demetrio ^a,b   Novellino, Fabiana ^b   Morelli, Maurizio ^b   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gaucher's disease; Glucocerebrosidase; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; ASPARAGINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE; SERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE;

AGED; ASPARAGINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HUMANS; ITALY; LEUCINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROLINE; SERINE;

EID: 43049170734     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21892     Document Type: Article

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