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Parkinson's Disease and Melanoma: Co-Occurrence and Mechanisms.
Journal of Parkinson's disease - 1 Jan 2018
Bose Anindita, Petsko Gregory A, Eliezer David
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder that is characterized by loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra pars compacta, depletion of dopamine in the striatum and the presence of Lewy bodies. Cancer is uncontrolled growth of cells in the body and migration of these cells from their site of origin to other parts of the body. PD and cancer are two opposite diseases, one arising from...
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