Hunting for genes in essential tremor

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 889-890

  Tan, E K ^a,b   Schapira, A H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; ITALY; LATVIA; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MUTATION, MISSENSE; RATS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 49549094955     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02226.x     Document Type: Editorial

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