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The LRRK2 G2385R variant is a risk factor for sporadic Parkinson's disease in the Korean population.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Feb 2010
Kim Jong-Min, Lee Jee-Young, Kim Hee Jin, Kim Ji Seon, Shin Eun-Soon, Cho Jin-Hwan, Park Sung Sup, Jeon Beom S
Abstract excerpt
The G2385R (SNP accession no. rs34778348) and R1628P (rs33949390) variants of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2, PARK8) are emerging as an important risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD) in the ethnic Chinese and Japanese populations. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether these variants are a genetic risk factor in sporadic PD patients in the Korean population. A total of 923 patients and 422...
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