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Ceruloplasmin gene variations and substantia nigra hyperechogenicity in Parkinson disease.
Neurology - 23 Nov 2004
Hochstrasser H, Bauer P, Walter U, Behnke S, Spiegel J, Csoti I, Zeiler B, Bornemann A, Pahnke J, Becker G, Riess O, Berg D
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BACKGROUND: Transcranial ultrasound may be used to detect increased iron levels of the substantia nigra (SN) in patients with Parkinson disease (PD) and in control subjects. It is not known whether iron accumulation in PD is a primary or secondary phenomenon. However, sequence variations in genes involved in iron metabolism have been linked to basal ganglia disorders. One of these is ceruloplasmin (Cp), which is...
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