PARKINSONS-DISEASE IN 65 PAIRS OF TWINS AND IN A SET OF QUADRUPLETS
PARKINSONS-DISEASE IN 65 PAIRS OF TWINS AND IN A SET OF QUADRUPLETS
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.33.7.815
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
CALNE, DB
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作者:
WARD, CD;DUVOISIN, RC;CALNE, DB
Among 43 monozygotic (MZ) and 19 dizygotic (DZ) pairs in which an index case had definite Parkinson''s disease (PD), only 1 MZ pair was definitely concordant for PD. When pairs with questionable clinical features were included, 4 of 48 MZ and 1 of 19 DZ pairs were concordant. The frequency of PD in MZ cotwins of index cases with PD was similar to that expected in an unrelated control group matched for age and sex. Although a single environmental agent could not be identified, the major factors in the etiology of PD seem nongenetic.