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Rapid screening of ATP13A2 variant with high-resolution melting analysis.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 30 Oct 2010
Funayama Manabu, Tomiyama Hiroyuki, Wu Ruey-Meei, Ogaki Kotaro, Yoshino Hiroyo, Mizuno Yoshikuni, Hattori Nobutaka
Abstract excerpt
Several genetic and environmental factors are involved in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD). Recently, a novel variant of ATP13A2 (p.A746T) responsible for PARK9 was reported as a risk factor for PD in the Han-Chinese population. To investigate the role of this variant in Japanese PD patients, we examined 917 Japanese PD patients (871 index cases) and 190 controls by high-resolution melting curve...
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