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Analysis of CHCHD2 gene in familial Parkinson's disease from Calabria.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Feb 2017
Gagliardi Monica, Iannello Grazia, Colica Carmela, Annesi Grazia, Quattrone Aldo
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common form of degenerative Parkinsonism with a prevalence of 1% of those older than 65 years. PD is characterized by the combination of slowness of movement (bradykinesia), muscular rigidity, resting tremor, and postural instability. Recently, using a genome-wide linkage analysis and exome sequencing, a group identified a candidate gene (CHCHD2) in a large Japanese family...
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