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Exclusion of the Nurr1 gene in autosomal recessive Parkinson’s disease

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Rawal, N., Periquet, M., Dürr, A. et al. Exclusion of the Nurr1 gene in autosomal recessive Parkinson’s disease. J Neurol 249, 1127–1129 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-002-0757-6

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