A novel synonymous SNP in PITX3 is associated with Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue MARCH, 2012, Pages

  Gui, Yaxing ^a   Zhao, Yijia ^b   Liu, Hai ^a   Fu, Jiang ^b   Xu, Zhongping ^b   Hu, Xingyue ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Novel synonymous SNP; Parkinson's disease; PITX3

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PITX3; DNA; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ASIAN; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

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

EID: 84859516512     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13521     Document Type: Article

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