Mutations in EIF4G1 are not a common cause of Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Siitonen, A ^a,b   Majounie, E ^c   Federoff, M ^c   Ding, J ^c   Majamaa, K ^a,b   Singleton, A B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

1000 genomes; DNA sequencing; Neurodegenerative diseases; Sanger; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4 GAMMA PROTEIN; INITIATION FACTOR; LEVODOPA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; BRADYKINESIA; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXOME; GAIT DISORDER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TREMOR;

AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COHORT STUDIES; DNA; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-4G; HUMANS; MUTATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84875027114     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12051     Document Type: Letter

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