Screening for the presence of FMR1 premutation alleles in women with parkinsonism

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-249

  Cilia, Roberto ^a   Kraff, Jeremy ^b   Canesi, Margherita ^a   Pezzoli, Gianni ^a   Goldwurm, Stefano ^a   Amiri, Khalid ^c   Tang, Hiu Tung ^b   Pan, Ruiqin ^b   Hagerman, Paul J ^b,d   Tassone, Flora ^b,d  

^a PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; BACTERIAL GENE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GAIT; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMORY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREMOR; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 60549097218     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneurol.2008.548     Document Type: Article

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