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DJ-1: A New Comer in Parkinsons Disease Pathology
1 Nov 2007
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a movement disorder of high prevalence in the elderly. It is characterized by a loss of dopaminergic neurons and the presence of intracytoplasmic inclusions named Lewy bodies. To date six familial PD-associated proteins have been identified so far. Some of them are implicated in the development of either autosomal dominant (alpha-synuclein and LRRK2 (leucine-rich repeat kinase...
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