PITX3 polymorphism is not associated with Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 505, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-262

  Cai, Yanning ^a,b   Ding, Hui ^a   Gu, Zhuqin ^a   Baskys, Andrius ^c,d   Ma, Jinghong ^a   Chan, Piu ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c KERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; EOPD; LOPD; PITX3; SNP

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 83555164907     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: 18727972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.10.034     Document Type: Article

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