Etiology of Parkinson's Disease

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Controversy over the etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) has continued for many years and while the details have changed, the uncertainty persists. Although heritability was most emphatically refuted a decade ago by many investigators, recent progress firmly indicates that genetic factors at least play a role, although probably to a variable degree from one individual to another. Evidence for a...

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