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Sessa A, Battini G, Meroni M, Pitingolo F, Righetti M, Ciotti P, et al.
J Nephrol . 2005 Jun; 18(2):209-12. PMID: 15931650
Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease is a rare autosomal dominant disorder characterized by multifocal and bilateral renal cell carcinoma and cysts, retinal angiomas, hemangioblastoma of the central nervous system, pheochromocytoma, epididymis...
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Ciotti P, Di Maria E, Bellone E, Ajmar F, Mandich P
J Mol Diagn . 2004 Oct; 6(4):285-9. PMID: 15507666
Friedreich ataxia (FRDA), an autosomal recessive neurodegenerative disease, is associated with an unstable expansion of a GAA trinucleotide repeat in the first intron of the frataxin gene on chromosome 9q13....
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Abbruzzese G, Pigullo S, Schenone A, Bellone E, Marchese R, Di Maria E, et al.
Mov Disord . 2004 Aug; 19(8):978-81. PMID: 15300670
Two genes were identified for autosomal recessive forms of early onset Parkinson's disease: parkin and DJ-1. We describe 2 siblings with EOPD due to parkin mutations and peripheral neuropathy, which...
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Pigullo S, De Luca A, Barone P, Marchese R, Bellone E, Colosimo A, et al.
Parkinsonism Relat Disord . 2004 Jul; 10(6):357-62. PMID: 15261877
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between point mutations within the parkin gene and essential tremor (ET). Background: Essential tremor, the most common movement disorder, has long been recognised as an...
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Di Maria E, Gulli R, Begni S, De Luca A, Bignotti S, Pasini A, et al.
Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet . 2004 Jun; 128B(1):27-9. PMID: 15211626
A well established model for the pathophysiology of schizophrenia postulates a role for the NMDA-mediated glutamate transmission. The human gene coding for the 2B subunit of the NMDA receptor (GRIN2B)...
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Pigullo S, Di Maria E, Marchese R, Bellone E, Gulli R, Scaglione C, et al.
Mov Disord . 2003 Jun; 18(7):823-6. PMID: 12815663
A specific allele of the NACP-Rep1 polymorphism within the alpha-synuclein promoter was found to be associated both with Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. We repeated the association study on a...
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Origone P, De Luca A, Bellini C, Buccino A, Mingarelli R, Costabel S, et al.
Hum Mutat . 2002 Jul; 20(1):74-5. PMID: 12112660
The entire NF1 coding region was analyzed for mutations in a panel of 108 unrelated Italian NF1 patients. Using PTT, SSCP, and DNA sequencing, we found 10 mutations which have...
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Bellone E, Rodolico C, Toscano A, Di Maria E, Cassandrini D, Pizzuti A, et al.
Neuromuscul Disord . 2002 Jan; 12(3):286-91. PMID: 11801401
Sensory loss and ulcero-mutilating features have been observed in hereditary sensory neuropathy type I and in hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy type IIB, also referred as Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2B....