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The recurrent mutation Arg258Gln in SYNJ1 (PARK20) is not a common cause of Parkinson's disease

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by the Herrmann and Lilly Schilling Foundation (to CK), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, and the European Project on Mendelian Forms of Parkinson’s Disease.

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  1. Institute of Neurogenetics, University of Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany

    Susen Winkler, Eva-Juliane Vollstedt, Meike Kasten, Daniel Alvarez-Fischer, Christine Klein & Katja Lohmann

  2. Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

    Meike Kasten & Daniel Alvarez-Fischer

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Winkler, S., Vollstedt, EJ., Kasten, M. et al. The recurrent mutation Arg258Gln in SYNJ1 (PARK20) is not a common cause of Parkinson's disease. J Neurol 261, 833–834 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-014-7306-y

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