PRKN-related familial Parkinson's disease: First molecular confirmation from East Africa.

Parkinsonism Relat Disord

Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525, GA, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Published: April 2020

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