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EIF4G1 R1205H and VPS35 D620N mutations are rare in Parkinson's disease from South Africa.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2014
Blanckenberg Janine, Ntsapi Claudia, Carr Jonathan A, Bardien Soraya
Abstract excerpt
The R1205H mutation in the eukaryotic translation initiation factor 4G1 (EIF4G1) gene and the D620N mutation in the vacuolar protein sorting 35 (VPS35) gene were recently found in patients with autosomal dominant or sporadic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). In the present study, 418 South African PD patients and 528 control subjects of diverse ethnicities were screened using the KASP (Kompetitive Allele...
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