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Is the G2019S LRRK2 mutation common in all southern European populations?
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Sept 2008
Papapetropoulos Spiridon, Adi Nikhil, Shehadeh Lina, Bishopric Nanette, Singer Carlos, Argyriou Andreas A, Chroni Elizabeth
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Mutations in the leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene, especially the G2019S mutation, have been identified as a common cause of Parkinson's disease in southern European and other Mediterranean populations (Iberians, Ashkenazi Jews and North African Arabs). Owing to the geographic and histor...
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