A compound heterozygous PINK1-associated juvenile Parkinson's disease with pregnancy in Chinese.

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BACKGROUND: PINK1 mutations are the second most common cause of recessive, early-onset Parkinson's disease (EOPD), of which 15% are cases of juvenile PD. PD is a progressive neurological disease that primarily affects middle-aged and older people. Thus PD patients experiencing pregnancy is uncommon, especially in patients with juvenile PD caused by PINK1 mutations. We are first to report a woman from a Chinese...

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