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Analysis of Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) and Parkinson protein 2 (parkin, PARK2) genes mutations in Slovak Parkinson disease patients.
General physiology and biophysics - 1 Mar 2013
Bognar Csaba, Baldovic Marian, Benetin Jan, Kadasi Ludovit, Zatkova Andrea
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by selective loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons and formation of Lewy bodies. Clinical manifestations include motor impairments involving tremor, bradykinesia, postural instability and rigidity. Using dHPLC method we screened exons 31, 35, 41, 48 of the Leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene and exons 2, 6 and 7 of...
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