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Lrrk2 G2385R is an ancestral risk factor for Parkinson's disease in Asia.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Mar 2007
Farrer Matthew J, Stone Jeremy T, Lin Chin-Hsien, Dächsel Justus C, Hulihan Mary M, Haugarvoll Kristoffer, Ross Owen A, Wu Ruey-Meei
Abstract excerpt
The goal of genetic association studies is to identify common (>5%) risk factors in complex disease traits. Herein we describe the first replicable 'functional' risk allele for Parkinson's disease. The leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (Lrrk2) G2385R substitution is associated with familial parkinsonism, late-, and early-onset Parkinson's disease in ethnic Chinese Taiwanese. Crucially, we provide evidence of...
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