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LRRK2: a common pathway for parkinsonism, pathogenesis and prevention?
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Feb 2006
Taylor Julie P, Mata Ignacio F, Farrer Matt J
Abstract excerpt
The presence of alpha-synuclein Lewy body pathology is used to distinguish Parkinson's disease from parkinsonism, for which a broader spectrum of neuropathologies, including tau-immunopositive neurofibrillary tangles and ubiquitin inclusions, might accompany nigral neuronal loss. These neuropathologies define the endpoint of many neurodegenerative disorders but might be symptomatic rather than causative....
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