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A possible role for humoral immunity in the pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease.
Brain : a journal of neurology - 1 Nov 2005
Orr Carolyn F, Rowe Dominic B, Mizuno Yoshikuni, Mori Hideo, Halliday Glenda M
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease is unknown, but nigral degeneration and depigmentation are associated with microglial inflammation and anti-inflammatory medications appear to protect against the disease. The possibility that humoral immunity may play a role in initiating or regulating the inflammation has been suggested by experimental studies triggering dopamine cell death using a variety of...
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