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[Etiology and pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease: from mitochondrial dysfunctions to familial Parkinson's disease].
Rinsho shinkeigaku = Clinical neurology - 1 Jan 2000
Hattori Nobutaka
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. It is urgently needed to elucidate the cause of the disease and to establish neuroprotective treatment. We have been working on the etiology and pathogenesis of PD for many years and we found selective loss of mitochondrial complex I and the alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex in the nigral neurons of...
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