Identification of VPS35 p.D620N mutation-related Parkinson’s disease in a Taiwanese family with successful bilateral subthalamic nucleus deep brain stimulation: a case report and literature review

BACKGROUND: Vacuolar protein sorting 35 (VPS35) was recently reported to be a genetic cause for late-onset autosomal dominant Parkinson’s disease (PD). However, VPS35 mutations are rarely reported in Asian populations. Herein, we report the first Taiwanese family with the pathogenic VPS35 p.D620N mu...

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Autores principales: Chen, Ying-Fa, Chang, Yung-Yee, Lan, Min-Yu, Chen, Pei-Lung, Lin, Chin-Hsien
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639586/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28985717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12883-017-0972-5