Prevalence of THAP1 sequence variants in German patients with primary dystonia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1982-1986

  Söhn, Anne S ^a   Glöckle, Nicola ^a   Doetzer, Andrea Duarte ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^b   Felbor, Ute ^c   Topka, Helge R ^d   Schöls, Ludger ^e   Riess, Olaf ^a   Bauer, Peter ^a   Müller, Ulrich ^f   Grundmann, Kathrin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^f JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dystonia; DYT6; High resolution melting; THAP1

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THAP1 GENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; APOPTOSIS REGULATORY PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 77956818930     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23207     Document Type: Article

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