BRIEF COMMUNICATION Mutation in the α-Synuclein Gene and Sporadic Parkinson's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease, and Dementia with Lewy Bodies
✍ Scribed by Susumu Higuchi; Hiroyuki Arai; Sachio Matsushita; Toshifumi Matsui; Teiko Kimpara; Atsushi Takeda; Katsuyuki Shirakura
- Book ID
- 115606829
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 962 KB
- Volume
- 153
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-4886
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