α-Synuclein genetic variants predict faster motor symptom progression in idiopathic Parkinson disease.

Currently, there are no reported genetic predictors of motor symptom progression in Parkinson's disease (PD). In familial PD, disease severity is associated with higher α-synuclein (SNCA) expression levels, and in postmortem studies expression varies with SNCA genetic variants. Furthermore, SNC...

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Main Authors: Beate Ritz, Shannon L Rhodes, Yvette Bordelon, Jeff Bronstein
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352914?pdf=render