To investigate the distribution of possible novel mutation of parkin gene in variant subset patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) in China and to explore the role of parkin gene in the pathogenesis of PD.
Department of Neurology, the Affiliated Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, 430022 P. R. China. wangthy1@public.wh.hb.cn