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Parkinson's Disease in Saudi Patients: A Genetic Study.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Al-Mubarak Bashayer R, Bohlega Saeed A, Alkhairallah Thamer S, Magrashi Amna I, AlTurki Maha I, Khalil Dania S, AlAbdulaziz Basma S, Abou Al-Shaar Hussam, Mustafa Abeer E, Alyemni Eman A, Alsaffar Bashayer A, Tahir Asma I, Al Tassan Nada A
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the major causes of parkinsonism syndrome. Its characteristic motor symptoms are attributable to dopaminergic neurons loss in the midbrain. Genetic advances have highlighted underlying molecular mechanisms and provided clues to potential therapies. However, most of the studies focusing on the genetic component of PD have been performed on American, European and Asian...
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