Screening LRRK2 gene mutations in patients with Parkinson's disease in Ghana

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 569-570

  Cilia, Roberto ^a   Sironi, Francesca ^a,b   Akpalu, Albert ^c   Cham, Momodou ^d   Sarfo, Fred Stephen ^e   Brambilla, Tiziana ^b   Bonetti, Alba ^a   Amboni, Marianna ^f,g   Goldwurm, Stefano ^a   Pezzoli, Gianni ^a  

^a PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^c KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^d Comboni Hospital ^*  (Ghana)

^e KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^g IDC Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT KINASE 2;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNICITY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GHANA; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GHANA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862584735     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-011-6210-y     Document Type: Letter

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