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Essential tremor and the common LRRK2 G2385R variant.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Nov 2008
Tan Eng-King, Lee Jasinda, Lim Hui-Qin, Yuen Yih, Zhao Yi
Abstract excerpt
Co-existence of Parkinson's disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) suggests a possible overlapping pathophysiology between these two conditions. PD patients with leucine-rich repeat kinase-2 (LRRK2) mutations have been reported to present initially with ET. A common LRRK2 Gly2385Arg variant has been widely shown to be associated with a two fold increased risk of PD in various Asian populations. We analyzed the...
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