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Is there a pathogenic role for mitochondria in Parkinson's disease?
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Dec 2009
Vives-Bauza Cristofol, de Vries Rosa L A, Tocilescu Maja Aleksandra, Przedborski Serge
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disorder of unknown cause. For decades, a deficit in mitochondrial respiration was thought to be a key factor in PD neurodegeneration. However, excluding a few exceptions where a clinical picture of parkinsonism is associated with a mitochond...
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