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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:1058-1063 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.060186
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Neurodegenerative disorders: Parkinson’s disease and Huntington’s disease

Table 1

 Familial forms of Parkinson’s disease: genes, chromosomal loci, and mode of inheritance

Locus/gene Chromosomal location Inheritance pattern Clinical features
AD, autosomal dominant; AR, autosomal recessive.
PARK-1/α-synuclein 4q21–q23 AD Late onset
PARK-2/parkin 6q25.2–q27 AR Juvenile onset, slow progression, focal dystonia
PARK-3 2p13 AD Late onset
Formerly PARK-4/α-synuclein triplication 4q21–q23 AD Early onset, rapid progression, postural tremor, late dementia
PARK-5//UCHL-1 4p14 AD Late onset
PARK-6/PINK-1 1p35–p36 AR Early onset, slow progression
PARK-7/DJ-1 1p36 AR Early onset, slow progression
PARK-8/LRRK-2 12p11.2–q13.1 AD Late onset
PARK-10/unknown 1p32 Late onset
PARK-11/unknown 2q36–q37 Late onset
NA/synphilin-1 5q23.1–q23.3 AD Late onset
NA/NR4A2 2q22–q23 AD Late onset

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