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Apolipoprotein E epsilon4 allele in familial and sporadic Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 9 Oct 2006
Blázquez L, Otaegui D, Sáenz A, Paisán-Ruiz C, Emparanza J I, Ruiz-Martinez J, Moreno F, Martí-Massó J F, López de Munain A
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease (AD). Common risk factors for both diseases have been explored to study potential etiologic interactions between these two neurodegenerative disorders. The APOE epsilon4 allele, previously associated with AD, has also been associated with risk of PD and with the presence of some clinical features in...
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