Mutation screening of GNAL gene in patients with primary dystonia from Northeast China

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 910-912

  Miao, Jing ^a   Wan, Xin Hua ^b   Sun, Yuan ^a   Feng, Jia Chun ^a   Cheng, Fu Bo ^a  

^a THE FIRST HOSPITAL OF JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Clinical features; GNAL gene; Mutations; Primary dystonia

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; GUANINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; SERINE; THYMINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CERVICAL DYSTONIA; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSTONIC DISORDER; FEMALE; GENE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENERALIZED DYSTONIA; GNAL GENE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATION RATE; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONSET AGE; PRIMARY DYSTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; THAP1 GENE; TOR1A GENE;

CHINESE POPULATION; CLINICAL FEATURES; GNAL GENE; MUTATIONS; PRIMARY DYSTONIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883285366     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2013.05.011     Document Type: Letter

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