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Reduced cerebrospinal fluid mitochondrial DNA is a biomarker for early‐stage Parkinson's disease
7 Sept 2015
Abstract excerpt
The identification of cell-free circulating mitochondrial DNA (ccf-mtDNA) in early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD) raised the possibility that the same neurodegenerative effect could be observed in Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, and for the first time, we investigated the role of ccf-mtDNA in PD, identifying a significant reduction of ccf-mtDNA in PD patient cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) when compared to controls....
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