[Advance of the study on LRRK2 gene in Parkinson's disease].

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[Advance of the study on LRRK2 gene in Parkinson's disease].

Zhonghua yi xue yi chuan xue za zhi = Zhonghua yixue yichuanxue zazhi = Chinese journal of medical genetics - 1 Dec 2008

Zhang Yu, Chen Shengdi

Abstract excerpt

The leucine-rich repeat kinase2 (LRRK2) has been identified to be the gene causing autosomal dominant inherited Parkinson's disease(PD)8. The clinical features of this type of PD are similar to those of idiopathic PD, but the pathological changes are diverse. The mutation types and frequencies of...

Topics

Animals
Humans
Leucine-Rich Repeat Serine-Threonine Protein Kinase-2
Mutation
Parkinson Disease
Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
Racial Groups
Sequence Alignment

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