Alpha-synuclein promoter haplotypes and
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E.V. De Marco; P. Tarantino; F.E. Rocca; G. Provenzano; D. Civitelli; V. De Luca
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Dementia is a common complication of Parkinson's disease (PD). It correlates significantly with the presence of cortical, limbic or nigral Lewy bodies, mainly constituted of alpha‐synuclein. Mutations of the alpha‐synuclein gene (SNCA) have been linked to rare familial forms of PD, whil