Article
Segregation analysis of Parkinson disease.
American journal of medical genetics - 4 Dec 1998
Zareparsi S, Taylor T D, Harris E L, Payami H
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson disease (PD) is a prevalent movement disorder of unknown cause whose incidence rises with increasing age. Nearly 20% of PD is familial, a small subset of which exhibits autosomal dominant transmission. However, in most families, the inheritance is not clear. To determine the most likely mode of inheritance of PD, we performed complex segregation analyses using kindreds of 136 PD patients randomly...
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