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alpha-Synuclein gene duplication is present in sporadic Parkinson disease.
Neurology - 1 Jan 2008
Ahn T-B, Kim S Y, Kim J Y, Park S-S, Lee D S, Min H J, Kim Y K, Kim S E, Kim J-M, Kim H-J, Cho J, Jeon B S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: alpha-Synuclein gene (SNCA) multiplication was found in familial Parkinson disease (PD). We examined SNCA multiplication in patients with familial and sporadic PD and multiple system atrophy (MSA). METHODS: We screened 1,106 patients with parkinsonism (PD = 906, MSA = 200) for SNCA multiplication by multiplex PCR. Fluorescent in situ hybridization was done to confirm the multiplication....
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