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PINK1 p.K520RfsX3 mutation identified in a Chinese family with early-onset Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 29 May 2018
Wang Peng, Guo Yi, Song Chengyuan, Liu Yiming, Deng Hao
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) features selective loss of dopaminergic neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta accompanied by the accumulation and aggregation of alpha-synuclein in Lewy bodies. PTEN induced putative kinase 1 gene (PINK1) mutations are the second most common genetic cause of autosomal recessive early-onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD). A single nucleotide deletion in PINK1 exon 8 (c.1557delG) was...
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