Rare and common LRRK2 exonic variants in Parkinson's disease

The Lancet Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 869-870

  Tan, Eng King ^a  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2;

EXON; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES;

EID: 80052965333     PISSN: 14744422     EISSN: 14744465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(11)70185-5     Document Type: Letter

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