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Association of GBA Genotype With Motor and Functional Decline in Patients With Newly Diagnosed Parkinson Disease.
Neurology - 16 Feb 2021
Maple-Grødem Jodi, Dalen Ingvild, Tysnes Ole-Bjørn, Macleod Angus D, Forsgren Lars, Counsell Carl E, Alves Guido
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OBJECTIVE: To establish the significance of glucocerebrosidase gene (GBA) carrier status on motor impairment in a large cohort of patients with incident Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS: Three European population-based studies followed 528 patients with PD from diagnosis. A total of 440 with genomic DNA from baseline were assessed for GBA variants. We evaluated motor and functional impairment annually using the...
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