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Mutational analysis of parkin and PINK1 in multiple system atrophy.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Mar 2011
Brooks Janet A, Houlden Henry, Melchers Anna, Islam Ansha J, Ding Jinhui, Li Abi, Paudel Reema, Revesz Tamas, Holton Janice L, Wood Nick, Lees Andrew, Singleton Andrew B, Scholz Sonja W
Abstract excerpt
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are progressive neurodegenerative disorders with overlapping clinical, biochemical and genetic features. To test the hypothesis that the PD genes parkin and PINK1 also play a role in the pathogenesis of MSA, we performed a mutational screening study involving 87 pathologically proven MSA cases. In parkin we identified eight sequence variants and four...
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