GABA A receptor- and GABA transporter polymorphisms and risk for essential tremor

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1098-1100

  Thier, S ^a   Kuhlenbaumer G ^b   Lorenz, D ^a   Nothnagel, M ^c   Nebel, A ^b   Christensen, K ^d   Schreiber, S ^b   Deuschl, G ^a   Klebe, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c Institute of Medical Informatics and Statistics   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Association study; Essential tremor; GABA transporters; GABA(A) receptors

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID CARRIER; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GABA PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959798002     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03308.x     Document Type: Article

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