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Cognitive impairment in carriers of glucocerebrosidase gene mutation in Parkinson disease patients.
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2014
Malec-Litwinowicz Michalina, Rudzińska Monika, Szubiga Michał, Michalski Michał, Tomaszewski Tomasz, Szczudlik Andrzej
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AIM: Parkinson disease (PD) is the common neurodegenerative disease with motor and numerous non-motor symptoms, including cognitive impairment. Mutation of glucocerebrosidase (GBA) gene is the most common genetic risk factor of sporadic PD. The aim of this study was to assess clinical features of PD associated with GBA mutation. METHODS: One hundred and thirty-eight PD patients were involved and examined by the...
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