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Two large British kindreds with familial Parkinson's disease: a clinico-pathological and genetic study.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Jan 2002
Nicholl D J, Vaughan J R, Khan N L, Ho S L, Aldous D E W, Lincoln S, Farrer M, Gayton J D, Davis M B, Piccini P, Daniel S E, Lennox G G, Brooks D J, Williams A C, Wood N W
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We present the findings of a study of two large unrelated kindreds with autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease. The affected members were assessed clinically and with [(18)F]6-fluorodopa-PET and were indistinguishable from patients with the sporadic form of Parkinson's disease. In one kindred, an affected member was examined subsequently at autopsy and Lewy bodies were present in a distribution typical of...
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