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Mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma variants in idiopathic sporadic Parkinson disease.
Neurology - 11 Sept 2007
Luoma P T, Eerola J, Ahola S, Hakonen A H, Hellström O, Kivistö K T, Tienari P J, Suomalainen A
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OBJECTIVE: Dysfunction of mitochondrial DNA polymerase gamma (POLG) has been recently recognized as an important cause of inherited neurodegenerative diseases. We have reported dominant and recessive inheritance of parkinsonism, mitochondrial myopathy, and premature amenorrhea in five ethnically distinct families with POLG1 mutations. This prompted us to carry out a detailed analysis of the coding region and...
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