Genetic testing in Parkinson diseaseg-who should be assessed?

Nature Reviews Neurology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-9

  Klein, Christine ^a   Djarmati, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; DJ 1 PROTEIN; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PARKIN; PROTEIN GBA; PROTEIN PINK1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ETHNICITY; GENE DOSAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; GENETICS; MUTATION; NOTE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC;

EID: 78651375860     PISSN: 17594758     EISSN: 17594766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrneurol.2010.197     Document Type: Review

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