## Abstract Data on the familial aggregation of Parkinson's disease (PD) remain conflicting. We conducted a historical cohort study of 1,001 firstβdegree relatives of 162 probands with PD and of 851 relatives of 147 control probands representative of the population of Olmsted County, Minnesota (fro
Complex segregation analysis of Parkinson's disease: The Mayo Clinic Family Study
β Scribed by Shannon K. McDonnell; Daniel J. Schaid; Alexis Elbaz; Kari J. Strain; James H. Bower; J. Eric Ahlskog; Demetrius M. Maraganore; Walter A. Rocca
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 87 KB
- Volume
- 59
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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