A clinical and family history study of Parkinson's disease in heterozygous glucocerebrosidase mutation carriers

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 853-854

  McNeill, Alisdair ^a   Duran, Raquel ^a   Hughes, Derralynn A ^b   Mehta, Atul ^b   Schapira, Anthony H V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; LEVODOPA; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; APATHY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE GENE; HETEROZYGOTE; HETEROZYGOTE GLUCOCEREBROSIDASE MUTATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLUCOSYLCERAMIDASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84863986749     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-302402     Document Type: Letter

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