Copy number variation in familial Parkinson disease.

Copy number variants (CNVs) are known to cause Mendelian forms of Parkinson disease (PD), most notably in SNCA and PARK2. PARK2 has a recessive mode of inheritance; however, recent evidence demonstrates that a single CNV in PARK2 (but not a single missense mutation) may increase risk for PD. We rece...

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Main Authors: Nathan Pankratz, Alexandra Dumitriu, Kurt N Hetrick, Mei Sun, Jeanne C Latourelle, Jemma B Wilk, Cheryl Halter, Kimberly F Doheny, James F Gusella, William C Nichols, Richard H Myers, Tatiana Foroud, Anita L DeStefano, PSG-PROGENI and GenePD Investigators, Coordinators and Molecular Genetic Laboratories
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21829596/?tool=EBI