Towards a new era for dystonia, a high priority for biomedical research

Neurobiology of Disease

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-126

  Pisani, Antonio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL GANGLION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; DYSTONIA; EDITORIAL; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DYSTONIA; HUMANS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79952704878     PISSN: 09699961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbd.2011.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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