Article
Early-onset autosomal-recessive parkinsonian-pyramidal syndrome.
Acta neurologica Taiwanica - 1 Sept 2012
Lai Hsing-Jung, Lin Chin-Hsien, Wu Ruey-Meei
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors have been known to contribute to familial Parkinson's disease (PD), one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders. During the past decade, six of eleven causative genes linked to familial forms of PD have been identified to associate with autosomal-recessive young-onset Levodopa-responsive parkinsonism. Among these genes, mutations in Parkin, PINKl and DJ-1 are associated with a relatively...
Topics
- Age of Onset
- Blepharospasm
- Cognition Disorders
- F-Box Proteins
- Family Health
- Globus Pallidus
- Group VI Phospholipases A2
- Humans
- Mutation
- Parkinson Disease, Secondary
- Parkinsonian Disorders
- Phenotype
- Proton-Translocating ATPases