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SMPD1 variants in Chinese Han patients with sporadic Parkinson's disease.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Jan 2017
Mao Cheng-Yuan, Yang Jing, Wang Hui, Zhang Shu-Yu, Yang Zhi-Hua, Luo Hai-Yang, Li Fang, Shi Mengmeng, Liu Yu-Tao, Zhuang Zheng-Ping, Du Pan, Wang Yao-He, Shi Chang-He, Xu Yu-Ming
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: A founder mutation, p.L302P, in sphingomyelin phosphodiesterase 1, acid lysosomal (SMPD1), causing Niemann-Pick disease, a recessive lysosomal storage disorder, was reported to be associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) in Ashkenazi Jewish population. Several other studies about the association between SMPD1 variants and PD were performed afterward in other populations. However,...
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