2q37 as a susceptibility locus for idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC) in a large south Tyrolean family

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-353

  Volpato, Claudia Béu ^a   De Grandi, Alessandro ^a   Buffone, Ebba ^b   Facheris, Maurizio ^a,b   Gebert, Uwe ^c   Schifferle, Günther ^b   Schönhuber, Rudolf ^b   Hicks, Andrew ^a   Pramstaller, Peter P ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^b Central Hospital   (Italy)

^c Department of Radiology ^*  (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Calcification; Familial; Linkage; New locus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 14Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q; CHROMOSOME 2Q37; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FAHR DISEASE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BASAL GANGLIA CALCIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROIMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; CHROMOSOME DISORDERS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 14; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; ITALY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PEDIGREE;

EID: 73849084572     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-009-9287-3     Document Type: Article

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