Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease: a Mendelian randomization study

• Main Authors: Zhifa Han (Author), Rui Tian (Author), Peng Ren (Author), Wenyang Zhou (Author), Pingping Wang (Author), Meng Luo (Author), Shuilin Jin (Author), Qinghua Jiang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD) are the top two common neurodegenerative diseases in elderly. Recent studies found the α-synuclein have a key role in AD. Although many clinical and pathological features between AD and PD are shared, the genetic ass...