Genetic analysis of the FUS/TLS gene in essential tremor

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 534-539

  Parmalee, N ^a   Mirzozoda, K ^a   Kisselev, S ^a   Merner, N ^b   Dion, P ^b,c   Rouleau, G ^b,d   Clark, L ^a,e   Louis, E D ^a,f,g  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Case control study; Essential tremor; FUS TLS; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RNA-BINDING PROTEIN FUS;

EID: 84873894614     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12023     Document Type: Article

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