Neurogenetics

, Volume 4, Issue 1, pp 55–57 | Cite as

Sequence analysis of two nuclear encoded subunits (10 and 51 kDa) of mitochondrial complex I in Parkinson disease

  • Eva M. Grasbon-Frodl
  • P. Mehraein
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Idiopathic Parkinson disease · Mitochondrial complex I subunits 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Eva M. Grasbon-Frodl
    • 1
  • P. Mehraein
    • 1
  1. 1.Molecular Neuropathology Laboratory, Institute of Neuropathology, Klinikum Grosshadern, Marchioninistrasse 17, 81377 MunichGermany

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