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Homozygous deletion mutation of the parkin gene in patients with atypical parkinsonism.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Aug 2001
Kuroda Y, Mitsui T, Akaike M, Azuma H, Matsumoto T
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP) is characterised by homogenous clinical features and selective degeneration of nigral neurons. Recent progress in molecular genetic analyses of AR-JP has led to the identification of a novel ubiquitin-like protein, parkin, whose precise function still remains to be elucidated. Two unrelated Japanese families had levodopa unresponsive parkinsonism complicated with...
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