Genetics of Parkinson's disease and essential tremor.

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PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This review summarizes some key findings of the past few years on the genetics of the two common movement disorders Parkinson's disease and essential tremor. RECENT FINDINGS: Within the last two years, genome-wide association (GWA) analyses have revealed a number of novel low-risk susceptibility variants for Parkinson's disease, among them HLA-DRB5, BST1, ACMSD, STK39, MCCC1/LAMP3, SYT11, and...

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