A Genome‐wide Scan in an Amish Pedigree with Parkinsonism
Open Access
- 12 August 2008
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Annals of Human Genetics
- Vol. 72 (5), 621-629
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1809.2008.00452.x
Abstract
The identification of familial Parkinson Disease (PD) genes is yielding important molecular pathogenetic insights. In an effort to identify additional PD genes, we studied an eight generation Amish pedigree with apparent autosomal dominant parkinsonism with incomplete penetrance. Phenotypic variability ranged from idiopathic PD to progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), with the average age at onset 53 years (range of 39 to 74 years). We identified markers on chromosome 3 and 7 that were significant at a genome‐wide level by parametric and nonparametric criteria, lod > 3 and non‐parametric P‐value < 0.10, respectively. We also identified markers on chromosomes 10 and 22 with lod > 3. These data suggest that parkinsonism in this pedigree is genetically complex, with contributions from several loci.Keywords
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