Molecular analysis of the parkin gene in South African patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 116-121

  Bardien, Soraya ^a   Keyser, Rowena ^a   Yako, Yandiswa ^a   Lombard, Debbie ^a   Carr, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Molecular etiology; PARK2; Parkin mutations; Parkinson's disease; South African population

Indexed keywords

PARKIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGININE; ASPARAGINE; ASPARTIC ACID; CYSTEINE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE DELETION; SOUTH AFRICA; UBIQUITIN-PROTEIN LIGASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58349114656     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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