| Literature DB >> 8895469 |
M H Polymeropoulos1, J J Higgins, L I Golbe, W G Johnson, S E Ide, G Di Iorio, G Sanges, E S Stenroos, L T Pho, A A Schaffer, A M Lazzarini, R L Nussbaum, R C Duvoisin.
Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease, affecting approximately 1 percent of the population over age 50. Recent studies have confirmed significant familial aggregation of PD and a large number of large multicase families have been documented. Genetic markers on chromosome 4q21-q23 were found to be linked to the PD phenotype in a large kindred with autosomal dominant PD, with a Zmax = 6.00 for marker D4S2380. This finding will facilitate identification of the gene and research on the pathogenesis of PD.Entities:
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Year: 1996 PMID: 8895469 DOI: 10.1126/science.274.5290.1197
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728