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Significance of the parkin and PINK1 gene in Jordanian families with incidences of young-onset and juvenile parkinsonism.
BMC neurology - 16 Dec 2008
Myhre Ronny, Steinkjer Stina, Stormyr Alice, Nilsen Gina L, Abu Zayyad Hiba, Horany Khalid, Nusier Mohamad K, Klungland Helge
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BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, where most cases are sporadic with a late onset. In rare incidences familial forms of early-onset parkinsonism occur, and when recessively inherited, cases are often explained by mutations in either the parkin (PARK2) or...
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