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Alzheimer disease associated variants in SORL1 accelerate dementia development in Parkinson disease.
Neuroscience letters - 1 May 2018
Maple-Grødem Jodi, Chung Janete, Lunde Kristin Aaser, Tzoulis Charalampos, Tysnes Ole-Bjørn, Pedersen Kenn Freddy, Alves Guido
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Dementia in Parkinson disease (PD) is a common occurrence, and shows a marked overlap at a clinical and pathological level with Alzheimer's disease (AD), suggesting they share underlying disease mechanisms. Genetic variants in SORL1 have been identified in patients with AD, but a possible role in other dementias is unknown. The aim of this study was to investigate whether common polymorphisms in SORL1...
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