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Glucocerebrosidase L444P mutation confers genetic risk for Parkinson's disease in central China.
Behavioral and brain functions : BBF - 10 Dec 2012
Wang Youpei, Liu Ling, Xiong Jing, Zhang Xiaowei, Chen Zhenzhen, Yu Lan, Chen Chunnuan, Huang Jinsha, Zhang Zhentao, Mohmed Asrah A, Lin Zhicheng, Xiong Nian, Wang Tao
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations of the glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene have reportedly been associated with Parkinson disease (PD) in various ethnic populations such as Singaporean, Japanese, Formosan, Canadian, American, Portuguese, Greek, Brazilian, British, Italian, Ashkenazi Jewish, southern and southwestern Chinese. The purpose of this study is to determine in central China whether or not the reported GBA mutations...
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