Over the last few years, several genes for monogenic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD) have been mapped and/or cloned. Mutations have been identified in the gene for alpha-synuclein in rare families with dominant PD, indicating that aggregation of this protein in Lewy bodies is probably a crucial st
Update on the pathogenesis of Parkinson’s disease
✍ Scribed by Jörg B. Schulz
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 809 KB
- Volume
- 255
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0340-5354
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