Genetics of iron regulation and the possible role of iron in Parkinson's disease

Parkinson's disease (PD) is acknowledged as the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's Disease. Older age may be the only unequivocal risk factor for PD although the male to female ratio is consistently greater than 1 in populations of European ancestry. Characteri...

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Main Authors: Shannon L. Rhodes, Beate Ritz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2008-11-01
Series:Neurobiology of Disease
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0969996108001551