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Impact of recent genetic findings in Parkinson's disease.
Current opinion in neurology - 1 Aug 2007
Klein Christine, Lohmann-Hedrich Katja
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Parkinson's disease is the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disorder and is characterized clinically by classical parkinsonism and pathologically by selective loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra and Lewy bodies. Although for most classical parkinsonism the etiology is unknown, a clear genetic component has been determined in a minority. Mutations in five...
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