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Cloning of the gene containing mutations that cause PARK8-linked Parkinson's disease.
Neuron - 18 Nov 2004
Paisán-Ruíz Coro, Jain Shushant, Evans E Whitney, Gilks William P, Simón Javier, van der Brug Marcel, López de Munain Adolfo, Aparicio Silvia, Gil Angel Martínez, Khan Naheed, Johnson Janel, Martinez Javier Ruiz, Nicholl David, Martí Carrera Itxaso, Pena Amets Saénz, de Silva Rohan, Lees Andrew, Martí-Massó José Félix, Pérez-Tur Jordi, Wood Nick W, Singleton Andrew B
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD; OMIM #168600) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in the Western world and presents as a progressive movement disorder. The hallmark pathological features of PD are loss of dopaminergic neurons from the substantia nigra and neuronal intracellular Lewy bod...
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