DNA typos spell trouble: Somatic mutations as a cause of idiopathic neurodegenerative diseases?

Mov Disord. 2019 Mar;34(3):321. doi: 10.1002/mds.27624. Epub 2019 Jan 24.

Authors

Marya S Sabir¹, Sonja W Scholz^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Unit, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

PMID: 30675953
DOI: 10.1002/mds.27624

No abstract available

Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Lewy body disease; neurodegeneration; somatic mutation.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural
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MeSH terms

Brain
DNA
Humans
Mutation
Neurodegenerative Diseases / genetics*
Prevalence

Substances

DNA

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