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PINK1 mutations in a Brazilian cohort of early-onset Parkinson's disease patients.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Aug 2009
Godeiro-Junior Clecio, de Carvalho-Aguiar Patricia M, Felício Andre C, Barsottini Orlando G P, Silva Sonia M A, Borges Vanderci, Andrade Luiz Augusto F, Ferraz Henrique Ballalai
Abstract excerpt
Data on the frequency of PINK1 mutations in Brazilian patients with early-onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD) are lacking. The aim of this report was to investigate mutations of the PINK1 gene in a cohort of Brazilian patients with EOPD. Sixty consecutive familial or sporadic EOPD patients were included. All eight PINK1 exons and exon-intron boundaries were analyzed. We did not find any pathogenic mutation of PINK1...
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