Genetic fine-mapping of the Iowan SNCA gene triplication in a patient with Parkinson’s disease

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Abstract The “Iowa kindred,” a large Iowan family with autosomal-dominant Parkinson’s disease, has been followed clinically since the 1920s at the Mayo Clinic. In 2003, the genetic cause was determined to be a 1.7 Mb triplication of the alpha-synuclein genomic locus. Affected individuals present with an early-onset, severe parkinsonism-dementia syndrome. Here, we present a descendant of the Iowa kindred with...

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