R632W mutation in PLA2G6 segregates with dystonia-parkinsonism in a consanguineous Iranian family

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-104

  Sina, F ^b   Shojaee, S ^c   Elahi, E ^c   Paisan Ruiz C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dystonia parkinsonism; PLA2G6; R632W

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; GENOMIC DNA; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSANGUINITY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; DYSTONIA PARKINSONISM; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHY; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PLA2G6 GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; CONSANGUINITY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GROUP VI PHOSPHOLIPASES A2; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57449083599     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2008.02356.x     Document Type: Article

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