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Clinicogenetic study of PINK1 mutations in autosomal recessive early-onset parkinsonism.
Neurology - 14 Jun 2005
Li Y, Tomiyama H, Sato K, Hatano Y, Yoshino H, Atsumi M, Kitaguchi M, Sasaki S, Kawaguchi S, Miyajima H, Toda T, Mizuno Y, Hattori N
Abstract excerpt
The authors performed PINK1 mutation analysis of 51 families with autosomal recessive Parkinson disease (ARPD). They found two novel PINK1 mutations: one was a homozygous deletion (13516-18118del) and the other a homozygous missense mutation (C388R). Clinically, the patients with the deletion had dementia. Thus, early-onset PD with dementia may be considered PINK1-linked parkinsonism. Furthermore, patients with...
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