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Genetic analysis of DJ-1 in a cohort Parkinson's disease patients of different ethnicity.
Neuroscience letters - 26 Aug 2004
Tan Eng-King, Tan Chris, Zhao Yi, Yew Kenneth, Shen Hui, Chandran V R, Teoh Mei-Lin, Yih Yuan, Pavanni Ratnagopal, Wong Meng-Cheong
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the DJ-1 gene have been described in autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease patients (ARPD) of European ancestry and young onset (YOPD) Ashkenazi Jewish and Afro-Caribbean patients. There is little information on the prevalence of DJ-1 mutations amongst Asian PD populations. In this study, we examined for DJ-1 mutations in consecutive YOPD and ARPD in a multi-ethnic cohort (Chinese, Malays, and...
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