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Contribution of glucocerebrosidase mutation in a large cohort of sporadic Parkinson's disease in Taiwan.
European journal of neurology - 1 Oct 2011
Huang C-L, Wu-Chou Y-H, Lai S-C, Chang H-C, Yeh T-H, Weng Y-H, Chen R-S, Huang Y-Z, Lu C-S
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The association between glucocerebrosidase (GBA) mutations and Parkinson's disease (PD) is attracting increased attention worldwide. In patients of Chinese ethnicity, other than the common L444P mutation, a few mutations have been reported. However, the contribution of GBA to PD can be answered only by a thorough investigation of its mutations in a unique large population. METHODS: We...
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