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[Free radicals and ailing proteins--the culprits behind Parkinson disease?].
Lakartidningen - 10 Apr 2003
Smith Ruben, Lotharius Julie, Brundin Patrik
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Parkinson's disease is one of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, and affects approximately 1% of the population over 65 years of age. Many different insults appear to be involved in the etiology of the disease, among them environmental toxins and mitochondrial dysfunction. During the past five years, mutations in five different genes have been linked to rare, familial forms of Parkinson's disease. One of...
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