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Parkinson's disease: insights from pathways.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Apr 2010
Cookson Mark R, Bandmann Oliver
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) typically presents in sporadic fashion, but the identification of disease-causing mutations in monogenically inherited PD genes has provided crucial insight into the pathogenesis of this disorder. Mutations in autosomal recessively inherited genes, namely parkin, PINK1 and DJ-1, typically lead to early onset parkinsonism. At least two of these genes (PINK1 and parkin) appear to work in...
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