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CYP2D6 is associated with Parkinson's disease but not with dementia with Lewy Bodies or Alzheimer's disease.
Pharmacogenetics - 1 Feb 1999
Atkinson A, Singleton A B, Steward A, Ince P G, Perry R H, McKeith I G, Fairbairn A F, Edwardson J A, Daly A K, Morris C M
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The similarities between the clinical and pathological findings of dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB) with Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease are complex, and their significance for pathogenesis is unresolved. It is likely that DLB shares common disease determinants with both Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. Clinically DLB shows the presence of dementia similar, though not identical, to that...
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