Dopamine receptor D3 gene and essential tremor in large series of German, Danish and French patients

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 766-773

  Lorenz, Delia ^a   Klebe, Stephan ^a   Stevanin, Giovanni ^b,c,d   Thier, Sandra ^a   Nebel, Almut ^e   Feingold, Josué ^b,d   Frederiksen, Henrik ^f   Denis, Elodie ^b   Christensen, Kaare ^f   Schreiber, Stefan ^e   Brice, Alexis ^b,c,d   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Dürr, Alexandra ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FAMILY HISTORY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FRANCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEDIGREE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D3;

EID: 67349241216     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2008.243     Document Type: Article

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