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Frequency of Parkinson's Disease Genes and Role of PARK2 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: An NGS Study.
Genes - 22 Jul 2022
Vacchiano Veria, Bartoletti-Stella Anna, Rizzo Giovanni, Avoni Patrizia, Parchi Piero, Salvi Fabrizio, Liguori Rocco, Capellari Sabina
Abstract excerpt
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients show a higher prevalence of Lewy body disease than the general population. Additionally, parkinsonian features were found in about 30% of ALS patients. We aimed to explore the frequency of Parkinson's disease (PD)-causative genes in ALS patients, compared to AD and healthy controls (HCs). We used next-generation sequencing multigene panels...
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