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SNCA multiplication is not a common cause of Parkinson disease or dementia with Lewy bodies

Lookup NU author(s): Kate Wilson, Professor Ian McKeith, Professor David Burn, Emeritus Professor Robert Perry, Dr Evelyn Jaros, Dr Christopher Morris

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Abstract

The authors recently have shown that triplication of the α-synuclein gene (SNCA) can cause Parkinson disease (PD) and diffuse Lewy body disease within the same kindred. The authors assessed 101 familial PD probands, 325 sporadic PD cases, 65 patients with dementia with Lewy bodies, and 366 neurologically normal control subjects for SNCA multiplication. The authors did not identify any subjects with multiplication of SNCA and conclude this mutation is a rare cause of disease.

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Author(s): Johnson J, Hague SM, Hanson M, Gibson A, Wilson KE, Evans EW, Singleton AA, McInerney-Leo A, Nussbaum RL, Hernandez DG, Gallardo M, McKeith IG, Burn DJ, Ryu M, Hellstrom O, Ravina B, Eerola J, Perry RH, Jaros E, Tienari P, Weiser R, Gwinn-Hardy K, Morris CM, Hardy J, Singleton AB

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Neurology

Year: 2004

Volume: 63

Issue: 3

Pages: 554-556

ISSN (print): 0028-3878

ISSN (electronic): 1526-632X

Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/01.WNL.0000133401.09043.44

DOI: 10.1212/01.WNL.0000133401.09043.44

PubMed id: 15304594

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