Alpha-synuclein polymorphisms are associated with Parkinson's disease in a Saskatchewan population

Movement Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 2411-2414

  Rajput, Alex ^a   Vilariño Güell, Carles ^b   Rajput, Michele L ^a   Ross, Owen A ^b   Soto Ortolaza, Alexandra I ^b   Lincoln, Sarah J ^b   Cobb, Stephanie A ^b   Heckman, Michael G ^b   Farrer, Matthew J ^b   Rajput, Ali ^a  

^a SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^b MAYO GRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha synuclein; Genetics; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; ODDS RATIO; PARKINSON DISEASE; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 73949104106     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22795     Document Type: Article

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