LINGO-1 and Neurodegeneration: Pathophysiologic Clues for Essential Tremor?
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LINGO-1 and Neurodegeneration: Pathophysiologic Clues for Essential Tremor
Essential tremor (ET), one of the most common adult-onset movement disorders, has been associated with cerebellar Purkinje cell degeneration and formation of brainstem Lewy bodies. Recent findings suggest that genetic variants of the leucine-rich repeat and Ig domain containing 1 (LINGO-1) gene could be risk factors for ET. The LINGO-1 protein contains both leucine-rich repeat (LRR) and immunog...
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عنوان ژورنال: Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2160-8288
DOI: 10.5334/tohm.111