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Dopamine receptor D3 gene and essential tremor in large series of German, Danish and French patients.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jun 2009
Lorenz Delia, Klebe Stephan, Stevanin Giovanni, Thier Sandra, Nebel Almut, Feingold Josué, Frederiksen Henrik, Denis Elodie, Christensen Kaare, Schreiber Stefan, Brice Alexis, Deuschl Günther, Dürr Alexandra
Abstract excerpt
The genetic causes of essential tremor (ET) seem to be heterogeneous. Recently, ET has been found associated with a functional variant (Ser9Gly) of the dopamine D(3) receptor (DRD3), located in the ETM1 locus on chromosome 3q13.3 described for the first time in 1997. We examined this variant in t...
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