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Study of the genetic variability in a Parkinson's Disease gene: EIF4G1.
Neuroscience letters - 14 Jun 2012
Tucci Arianna, Charlesworth Gavin, Sheerin Una-Marie, Plagnol Vincent, Wood Nicholas W, Hardy John
Abstract excerpt
Chartier-Harlin and colleagues [2] recently reported mutations in the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4-gamma (EIF4G1) gene in families with parkinsonism. Large-scale screening found two mutations (p.R1205H and p.A502V) only in affected individuals, although their relative frequency was very low. The aim of this study was to investigate EIF4G1 parkinsonism-related variants in two separate cohorts and...
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