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Genetic players in multiple system atrophy: unfolding the nature of the beast.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2011
Stemberger Sylvia, Scholz Sonja W, Singleton Andrew B, Wenning Gregor K
Abstract excerpt
Multiple system atrophy (MSA) is a fatal oligodendrogliopathy characterized by prominent α-synuclein inclusions resulting in a neuronal multisystem degeneration. Until recently MSA was widely conceived as a nongenetic disorder. However, during the last years a few postmortem verified Mendelian pedigrees have been reported consistent with monogenic disease in rare cases of MSA. Further, within the last 2 decades...
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