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Data protection in biomaterial banks for Parkinson's disease research: the model of GEPARD (Gene Bank Parkinson's Disease Germany).
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Apr 2007
Eggert Karla, Wüllner Ullrich, Antony Gisela, Gasser Thomas, Janetzky Bernd, Klein Christine, Schöls Ludger, Oertel Wolfgang
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease. Although 10 gene loci have been identified to cause a Parkinsonian syndrome, these loci account only for a minority of PD patients. Large, systematic research programs are required to collect, store, and analyze DNA samples and clinical information to support further discovery of additional genetic components of PD or other movement...
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