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Mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene and Parkinson's disease in Ashkenazi Jews.
The New England journal of medicine - 4 Nov 2004
Aharon-Peretz Judith, Rosenbaum Hanna, Gershoni-Baruch Ruth
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BACKGROUND: A clinical association has been reported between type 1 Gaucher's disease, which is caused by a glucocerebrosidase deficiency owing to mutations in the glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA), and parkinsonism. We examined whether mutations in the GBA gene are relevant to idiopathic Parkinson's disease. METHODS: A clinic-based case series of 99 Ashkenazi patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease, 74...
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