Variant in the 3′ region of SNCA associated with Parkinson’s disease and serum α-synuclein levels
✍ Scribed by Yacen Hu; Beisha Tang; Jifeng Guo; Xintian Wu; Qiying Sun; Changhe Shi; Liang Hu; Chunyu Wang; Lei Wang; Liming Tan; Lu Shen; Xinxiang Yan; Hainan Zhang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 314 KB
- Volume
- 259
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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