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Analysis of the PINK1 Gene in a Large Cohort of Cases With Parkinson Disease
1 Dec 2004
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the PTEN-induced kinase (PINK1) gene located within the PARK6 locus on chromosome 1p35-p36 have recently been identified in patients with recessive early-onset Parkinson disease. OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of PINK1 mutations within a series of early- and late-onset Parkinson disease patients living in North America. DESIGN: All coding exons of the PINK1 gene were sequenced in a...
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