Genetic classification of primary neurodegenerative disease.

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Genetic classification of primary neurodegenerative disease.

Science (New York, N.Y.) - 6 Nov 1998

Hardy J, Gwinn-Hardy K

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Review During the past 10 years (the "decade of the brain"), some of the genetic causes of many of the primary neurodegenerative diseases, which include Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, prion disease, and many ataxic syndromes, have be...

Topics

Alzheimer Disease
Brain
Genes, Dominant
Humans
Mutation
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Parkinson Disease
Peptides
Synucleins
Trinucleotide Repeats
tau Proteins

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