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Clinical genetic analysis of Parkinson's disease in the contursi kindred
1 Nov 1996
Abstract excerpt
We performed a clinical genetic analysis of a kindred originating in the town of Contursi in Salerno province, Italy, in which 60 individuals in 5 generations are known to have had Parkinson's disease (PD). Two previously reported autopsy cases showed typical PD with Lewy bodies. The inheritance pattern is apparently autosomally dominant with a segregation ratio of 40.1% for kindred members aged 50 years and...
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