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SORL1 mutations are associated with parkinsonian and psychiatric features in Alzheimer disease: Case reports.
Medicine - 23 Apr 2021
Qiu Guozhen, Xu Chunyan, Guo Qiwen, Zhu Fei-Qi
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RATIONALE: The sortilin-related receptor 1 gene (SORL1) encodes a key protein (SORLA) involved in the pathophysiology of Alzheimer disease (AD). SORLA also mediates a trophic pathway that acts through glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF), a critical survival factor for the midbrain dopaminergic (DA) neurons. PATIENT CONCERNS: Four patients presented to our hospital with complaints of progressive...
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