Case-control study of patients with essential tremor in Latvia

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 988-990

  Inashkina, I ^a   Radovica, I ^a   Smeltere, L ^b   Vitols, E ^c   Jankevics, E ^a  

^a LATVIAN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND STUDY CENTRE   (Latvia)

^b PAULS STRADINS CLINICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Latvia)

^c RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Case control; Essential tremor; Short tandem repeat

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; SERINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME 3; CHROMOSOME MAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LATVIA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3;

EID: 49549085072     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02225.x     Document Type: Article

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