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Glucocerebrosidase mutations p.L444P and p.N370S are not associated with multisystem atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration in Polish patients

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This work was supported by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Grant # N N402 4404 33.

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  1. Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland

    Zygmunt Jamrozik & Hubert Kwiecinski

  2. Department of Genetics, Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology, Warsaw, Poland

    Agnieszka Lugowska

  3. Department of Neurological-Psychiatric Nursing, Medical University, Gdansk, Poland

    Jaroslaw Slawek

  4. Department of Neurology, Saint Adalbert Hospital, Gdansk, Poland

    Jaroslaw Slawek

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Jamrozik, Z., Lugowska, A., Slawek, J. et al. Glucocerebrosidase mutations p.L444P and p.N370S are not associated with multisystem atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration in Polish patients. J Neurol 257, 459–460 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-009-5363-4

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