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Imaging the impact of genes on Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience - 24 Nov 2009
van der Vegt J P M, van Nuenen B F L, Bloem B R, Klein C, Siebner H R
Abstract excerpt
Although Parkinson's disease (PD) has traditionally been considered to be a non-genetic disorder, recent progress in the neurogenetics of PD provided converging evidence that genetic factors play a relevant role in the etiology of PD. The strongest case for a genetic contribution to PD was made by the discovery of mutations in single genes that can cause autosomal dominant (alpha-synuclein (SNCA)) and leucine...
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