Article
Autosomal dominant Parkinson's disease and alpha-synuclein.
Annals of neurology - 1 Sept 1998
Polymeropoulos M H
Abstract excerpt
Multiple factors have been hypothesized over the years to be contributory and/or causative for Parkinson's disease (PD). Hereditary factors, although originally discounted, have recently emerged in the focus of PD research. The study of a large Italian family with PD using a genome scan approach...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Genes, Dominant
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Genome, Human
- Humans
- Mutation
- Nerve Tissue Proteins
- Parkinson Disease
- Synucleins
- alpha-Synuclein