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Parkin gene variations in late-onset Parkinson's disease: comparison between Norwegian and German cohorts.
Acta neurologica Scandinavica - 1 Jan 2006
Schlitter A M, Kurz M, Larsen J P, Woitalla D, Müller T, Epplen J T, Dekomien G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Mutations in the Parkin gene can cause autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently, Parkin mutations were also suggested to play a role in the commoner late-onset forms of PD. METHODS: We compared a German cohort of PD patients (95) with a Norwegian cohort of PD patients (96). Both cohorts have predominant late-onset form of PD. Mutation and polymorphism frequencies were...
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