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The VPS35 gene and Parkinson's disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 May 2013
Deng Hao, Gao Kai, Jankovic Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD), the second most common age-related neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by loss of dopaminergic and nondopaminergic neurons, leading to a variety of motor and nonmotor symptoms. In addition to environmental factors, genetic predisposition and specific gene mutations have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenesis of this disorder. Recently, the identification of the...
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