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SNCA multiplication is not a common cause of Parkinson disease or dementia with Lewy bodies.
Neurology - 10 Aug 2004
Johnson J, Hague S M, Hanson M, Gibson A, Wilson K E, Evans E W, Singleton A A, McInerney-Leo A, Nussbaum R L, Hernandez D G, Gallardo M, McKeith I G, Burn D J, Ryu M, Hellstrom O, Ravina B, Eerola J, Perry R H, Jaros E, Tienari P, Weiser R, Gwinn-Hardy K, Morris C M, Hardy J, Singleton A B
Abstract excerpt
The authors recently have shown that triplication of the alpha-synuclein gene (SNCA) can cause Parkinson disease (PD) and diffuse Lewy body disease within the same kindred. The authors assessed 101 familial PD probands, 325 sporadic PD cases, 65 patients with dementia with Lewy bodies, and 366 neurologically normal control subjects for SNCA multiplication. The authors did not identify any subjects with...
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