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Mendelian genes for Parkinson's disease contribute to the sporadic forms of the disease.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Apr 2015
Spataro Nino, Calafell Francesc, Cervera-Carles Laura, Casals Ferran, Pagonabarraga Javier, Pascual-Sedano Berta, Campolongo Antònia, Kulisevsky Jaime, Lleó Alberto, Navarro Arcadi, Clarimón Jordi, Bosch Elena
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) can be divided into familial (Mendelian) and sporadic forms. A number of causal genes have been discovered for the Mendelian form, which constitutes 10-20% of the total cases. Genome-wide association studies have successfully uncovered a number of susceptibility loci for sporadic cases but those only explain a small fraction (6-7%) of PD heritability. It has been observed that some genes...
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