Article
Pseudo-heterozygous rearrangement mutation of parkin.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Apr 2012
Funayama Manabu, Yoshino Hiroyo, Li Yuanzhe, Kusaka Hiromichi, Tomiyama Hiroyuki, Hattori Nobutaka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations in parkin are the most frequent cause of autosomal recessive parkinsonism. Quantitative PCR is used to detect parkin rearrangements. However, the method has an inherent problem-deletion and duplication in the same allelic exon could be determined as normal. To present this misidentification, we report a family with compound heterozygous rearrangements in parkin. METHODS: A patient with...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
