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Biallelic expansion in RFC1 as a rare cause of Parkinson's disease.

NPJ Parkinsons Dis · 2022-01-10

DOI: 10.1038/s41531-021-00275-7PMID: 35013364

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An intronic expansion (AAGGG)exp in the RFC1 gene has recently been shown to cause recessively inherited cerebellar ataxia, neuropathy, and vestibular areflexia syndrome and, furthermore, a few patients with ataxia and parkinsonism have been reported. We investigated 569 Finnish patients with medicated parkinsonism for RFC1 and found biallelic (AAGGG)exp in three non-consanguineous patients with clinically confirmed Parkinson's disease without ataxia suggesting that RFC1-related disorders include Parkinson's disease as well.

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