Patient-control association study of the Leucine-Rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) gene in South African Parkinson's disease patients.

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Division of Molecular Biology and Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa.

Published: December 2013

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