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Identification of novel variants in LRRK2 gene in patients with Parkinson's disease in Serbian population.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 1 Jan 2015
Janković Milena Z, Kresojević Nikola D, Dobričić Valerija S, Marković Vladana V, Petrović Igor N, Novaković Ivana V, Kostić Vladimir S
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BACKGROUND: Mutations in LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase 2) are the most common cause of autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease (PD). Large international studies have revealed that pathogenic mutations are clustered in several exons coding for functional domains of LRRK2 protein, but the mutation frequency differs among populations. Systematic study of LRRK2 mutation prevalence and phenotype in Serbian...
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