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Chapter 18 - Genetics of Non-Motor Symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2022

By
Konstantin Senkevich ,
Roy N. Alcalay  and
Ziv Gan-Or
Edited by
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez ,
Amos D. Korczyn  and
Ramón Lugo-Sanchez
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Florida International University
Amos D. Korczyn
Affiliation:
Tel-Aviv University
Ramón Lugo-Sanchez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic
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Summary

Parkinson’s disease (PD) has long been considered as a prototype of a sporadic disorder with little or no involvement of genetic factors. Three to four decades ago, the typical perception of genetics in PD was that “it appears unlikely that heredity is an important determinant in the development of the disorder” [1]. The discovery of SNCA mutations in 1997 [2] started a new era of genetic studies in PD. We now know of at least 90 independent genome-wide association study (GWAS) risk variants in 78 loci that are associated with sporadic PD [3]. Several other genes that are involved in familial, sporadic PD, or atypical forms of familial parkinsonism, have also been identified (Table 18.1).

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Non-motor Parkinson's Disease , pp. 199 - 211
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Print publication year: 2022

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