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PARKIN as a pathogenic gene for autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism.
Journal of neural transmission. Supplementum - 1 Jan 2000
Shimizu N, Asakawa S, Minoshima S, Kitada T, Hattori N, Matsumine H, Yokochi M, Yamamura Y, Mizuno Y
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease is a common neurodegenerative disease with complex clinical features. Recently, we idenfied a novel gene named Parkin to be responsible for the pathogenesis of autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP). Various mutations were found in AR-JP patients of Japanese and other ethnic origins, providing a definitive evidence for the Parkin to be a causative gene for AR-JP. The predicted...
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