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Alpha-synuclein and familial Parkinson's disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Jun 2009
Pankratz Nathan, Nichols William C, Elsaesser Veronika E, Pauciulo Michael W, Marek Diane K, Halter Cheryl A, Wojcieszek Joanne, Rudolph Alice, Pfeiffer Ronald F, Foroud Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
Whole gene duplications and triplications of alpha-synuclein (SNCA) can cause Parkinson's disease (PD), and variation in the promoter region (Rep1) and 3' region of SNCA has been reported to increase disease susceptibility. Within our cohort, one affected individual from each of 92 multiplex PD families showing the greatest evidence of linkage to the region around SNCA was screened for dosage alterations and...
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