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Clinical characteristics of the alpha-synuclein mutation (G209A)-associated Parkinson's disease in comparison with other forms of familial Parkinson's disease in Greece.
European journal of neurology - 1 May 2003
Papapetropoulos S, Ellul J, Paschalis C, Athanassiadou A, Papadimitriou A, Papapetropoulos T
Abstract excerpt
An Ala53Thr mutation of the alpha-synuclein has been recently identified as a rare cause of familial Parkinson's disease (fPD). In the present study, the clinical characteristics of Parkinson's disease (PD) patients with Ala53Thr alpha-synuclein mutation (alpha-synPD) were compared with fPD patients without any known mutation. An investigator blinded to the results of the genetic analysis examined 15 alpha-synPD...
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