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Fighting the risk of developing Parkinson's disease; clinical counseling for first degree relatives of patients with Parkinson's disease.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Nov 2011
Giladi Nir, Mirelman Anat, Thaler Avner, Bar-Shira Anat, Gurevich Tanya, Orr-Urtreger Avi
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) has a long pre-diagnosis phase that may span as long as 10-20 years. The ability to identify at risk populations raises the possibility of early intervention to delay or prevent the onset of motor symptoms. In Israel, there is a large group of Ashkenazi Jews at risk of developing PD due to high frequency of PD associated mutations in 2 genes (GBA and LRRK2). OBJECTIVE: To...
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