The ancestry of LRRK2 Gly2019Ser parkinsonism

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 769-770

  Benamer, Hani TS ^a  

^a NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ALLOTYPE; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2;

AFRICA; BLOOD GROUP ABO SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC SIMILARITY; LETTER; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AFRICA, NORTHERN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARABS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 48849095698     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(08)70178-9     Document Type: Letter

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