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Frequent sequence variation at the ETM2 locus and its association with sporadic essential tremor in Korea.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Dec 2005
Kim Jeong-Hyun, Cho Yoon-Hee, Kim Jeong-Kook, Park Yong-Gou, Chang Jin Woo
Abstract excerpt
Essential tremor (ET) is the most common but a complex neurological movement disorder. ET usually affects hands, but it may also affect head, neck, face, jaw, tongue, voice, trunk and, rarely, legs and feet. Although two susceptibility loci were identified on chromosome 2p24 (ETM2) and 3q13 (ETM1 or FET1), the exact transcript(s) has not been cloned. We analyzed unrelated Korean individuals with ET for a genetic...
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