Genetics of Parkinson's disease.

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Over the past few years, several genes for monogenically inherited forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) have been mapped and/or cloned. In a small number of families with autosomal dominant inheritance and typical Lewy-body pathology, mutations have been identified in the gene for alpha-synuclein. Aggregation of this protein in Lewy-bodies may be a crucial step in the molecular pathogenesis of familial and sporadic...

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