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The role of the Ala746Thr variant in the ATP13A2 gene among Chinese patients with Parkinson's disease.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 May 2013
Chan Anne Y Y, Baum Larry, Tang Nelson L S, Lau Christine Y K, Ng Ping Wing, Hui Kwok Fai, Mizuno Yoshi, Kwan Justin Y, Mok Vincent C T, Kuo Sheng-Han
Abstract excerpt
The association between idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) and the ATP13A2 (PARK9) Ala746Thr variant, associated with Kufor-Rakeb syndrome, is controversial. We investigated this association in 69 patients with early onset PD (EOPD; ≦50 years of age), 192 patients with late onset PD (LOPD; >50 years of age), and 180 healthy controls in the Chinese population in Hong Kong. The presence of the Ala746Thr variant in...
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