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Heterozygous parkin point mutations are as common in control subjects as in Parkinson's patients.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jan 2007
Kay Denise M, Moran Dawn, Moses Lina, Poorkaj Parvoneh, Zabetian Cyrus P, Nutt John, Factor Stewart A, Yu Chang-En, Montimurro Jennifer S, Keefe Robert G, Schellenberg Gerard D, Payami Haydeh
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OBJECTIVE: Homozygous or compound heterozygous parkin mutations cause juvenile parkinsonism. Heterozygous parkin mutations are also found in patients with typical Parkinson's disease (PD), but it is unclear whether a single "mutation" in a patient is related to disease or is coincidental, because the mutation frequency in control subjects is unknown. We present a comprehensive sequence analysis of parkin in...
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