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Is Parkinson's disease inherited?
British journal of hospital medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Hawkes C H
Abstract excerpt
There has been considerable uncertainty as to whether idiopathic Parkinson's disease may be inherited except in a few rare instances. The evidence for and against inheritance is reviewed. The recent discovery of genetic linkage to chromosome 4q in a large Italian pedigree with parkinsonism has shed new light on this problem.
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