Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies: A difference in dose?

Lancet

Volumn 364, Issue 9440, 2004, Pages 1105-1107

  Singleton, Andrew ^a   Gwinn Hardy, Katrina ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

CHROMOSOME 4; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM;

EID: 4644295844     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17117-1     Document Type: Note

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