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Mutational analysis of CHCHD2 in Chinese patients with multiple system atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Sept 2016
Yang Xinglong, An Ran, Zhao Quanzhen, Zheng Jinhua, Tian Sijia, Chen Yalan, Xu Yanming
Abstract excerpt
CHCHD2, which encodes a regulator of mitochondrial metabolism, has been linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) in a Japanese population. Since PD and two other neurodegenerative diseases, multiple system atrophy (MSA) and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), are associated with mitochondrial dysfunction, we wanted to know whether CHCHD2 mutations may be linked to MSA and sporadic ALS in Chinese patients. All four...
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