Genome-wide association studies in neurology

Annals of Translational Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Meng Shan ^a   Jiang, Teng ^b   Tan, Lan ^a,b,c   Yu, Jin Tai ^a,b,c  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Epilepsy; Genetics; Genome wide association studies (GWAS); Neurological diseases; Neurology; Parkinson's disease; Polymorphism; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015495620     PISSN: 23055839     EISSN: 23055847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2305-5839.2014.11.12     Document Type: Review

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