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Variation in GIGYF2 is not associated with Parkinson disease.
Neurology - 2 Jun 2009
Nichols W C, Kissell D K, Pankratz N, Pauciulo M W, Elsaesser V E, Clark K A, Halter C A, Rudolph A, Wojcieszek J, Pfeiffer R F, Foroud T
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: A recent study reported that mutations in a gene on chromosome 2q36-37, GIGYF2, result in Parkinson disease (PD). We have previously reported linkage to this chromosomal region in a sample of multiplex PD families, with the strongest evidence of linkage obtained using the subset of the sample having the strongest family history of disease and meeting the strictest diagnostic criteria. We have tested...
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