Article
A homozygous parkin p.G284R mutation in a Chinese family with autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism.
Neuroscience letters - 15 Jun 2016
Chen Han, Huang Xiangjun, Yuan Lamei, Xia Hong, Xu Hongbo, Yang Yan, Zheng Wen, Deng Hao
Abstract excerpt
Autosomal recessive juvenile parkinsonism (AR-JP) is a distinct clinical and neuropathologic entity characterized by early onset parkinsonism and localized neuronal degeneration in the substantia nigra without Lewy bodies. The purpose of this study is to identify the genetic defect in a Chinese pedigree with familial AR-JP and to explore genotype-phenotype correlation. A three-generation Chinese Han pedigree with...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Asian People
- Child
- China
- Exome
- Female
- Genotype
- Homozygote
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Parkinsonian Disorders
- Pedigree
- Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
- Young Adult
