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A functional polymorphism in the parkin gene promoter affects the age of onset of Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Mar 2007
Sutherland Greg, Mellick George, Sue Carolyn, Chan Daniel K Y, Rowe Dominic, Silburn Peter, Halliday Glenda
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the parkin gene are the major cause of autosomal recessive early-onset forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). As reduced parkin expression might also affect the clinical course of idiopathic PD we investigated the effect of a low expressing allele in the parkin promoter region on the age...
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