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Alpha-synuclein A53T mutation is not frequent on a sample of Brazilian Parkinson's disease patients.
Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria - 1 Jun 2015
Longo Gabriela S, Pinhel Marcela A S, Gregório Michele L, Oliveira Bruno A P, Quinhoneiro Driele C G, Tognola Waldir A, Oliveira Fábio N, Martins Denise Poltronieri, Cezario Sabrina M, Sado Caroline L, Nakazone Marcelo A, Calastri Maria C J, Souza Dorotéia R S
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INTRODUCTION: The pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease (PD) involves both genetic susceptibility and environmental factors, with focus on the mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene (SNCA).Objective To analyse the polymorphism SNCA-A53T in patients with familial PD (FPD) and sporadic PD (SPD). METHOD: A total of 294 individuals were studied, regardless of sex and with mixed ethnicity. The study group with 154...
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