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How to discover novel genes that cause Parkinson's disease.
Current opinion in neurobiology - 1 Jun 2026
Farrer Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-associated movement disorder with many variable symptoms, albeit with no treatments to slow or halt clinical progression. Its etiology is multifactorial with a genetic heritability of ∼27%, and even monogenic disease in families manifests with incomplete/reduced penetrance and variable expressivity. Over the past 28 years, genetic linkage studies have identified causal mutations...
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