Author(s): Brás, José Miguel ; Guerreiro, Rita João ; Ribeiro, Maria Helena ; Januário, Cristina ; Morgadinho, Ana ; Oliveira, Catarina Resende ; Cunha, Luís ; Hardy, John ; Singleton, Andrew
Date: 2005
Persistent ID: https://hdl.handle.net/10316/8415
Origin: Estudo Geral - Universidade de Coimbra
LRRK2 mutations have recently been described in families with Parkinson's disease. Here we show that one of them (G2019S) is present in 6% (7 of 124) unrelated cases of disease in a clinic-based sample series from central Portugal, but not present in 126 controls from the same population. Thus, LRRK2 mutations appear to be a common cause of typical Parkinson's disease and as such will alter clinical practice. © 2005 Movement Disorder Society
