Evaluation of SCN8A as a candidate gene for autosomal dominant essential tremor

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-323

  Sharkey, Lisa M ^a   Jones, Julie M ^a   Hedera, Peter ^b   Meisler, Miriam H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential tremor; Genetics; Mouse mutants; SCN8A

Indexed keywords

VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT DISORDER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; POSTURAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCN8A GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS;

EID: 64249169376     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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