DJ-1 linked parkinsonism (PARK7) is associated with Lewy body pathology.

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Mutations in DJ-1 (encoded by PARK7) are a very rare cause of early-onset recessive Parkinson's disease. We describe a patient with early-onset parkinsonism, starting at the age of 22, with poor response to levodopa and additional features in progression (dystonia, pyramidal signs and dementia), who died when he was 49 years old. The neuropathological study showed severe substantia nigra and locus coeruleus...

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