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A novel Cys212Tyr founder mutation in parkin and allelic heterogeneity of juvenile Parkinsonism in a population from North West Colombia.
Neuroscience letters - 2 Feb 2001
Pineda-Trujillo N, Carvajal-Carmona L G, Buriticá O, Moreno S, Uribe C, Pineda D, Toro M, García F, Arias W, Bedoya G, Lopera F, Ruiz-Linares A
Abstract excerpt
We report the molecular characterization of three multiplex families and a sporadic case of juvenile Parkinsonism identified in the province of Antioquia (Colombia). Linkage and haplotype analysis using markers in 6q25.2-27 indicated that Parkinsonism in the pedigrees is linked to the parkin gene (maximum LOD-score of 3.85) but that they carry two different mutant haplotypes. Sequence analysis revealed a novel G...
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