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Heterogeneous phenotype in a family with compound heterozygous parkin gene mutations.
Archives of neurology - 1 Feb 2006
Deng Hao, Le Wei-Dong, Hunter Christine B, Ondo William G, Guo Yi, Xie Wen-Jie, Jankovic Joseph
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in the parkin gene (PRKN) cause autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson disease (EOPD). OBJECTIVE: To investigate the presence of mutations in the PRKN gene in a white family with EOPD and the genotype-phenotype correlations. DESIGN: Twenty members belonging to 3 generations of the EOPD family with 4 affected subjects underwent genetic analysis. Direct genomic DNA sequencing,...
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