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Title: Risk variants of the α-synuclein locus and REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease: a genetic association study Authors: Kari Anne Bjørnarå ([email protected]) Lasse Pihlstrøm ([email protected]) Espen Dietrichs ([email protected]) Mathias Toft ([email protected]) Version: 1 Date: 20 Dec 2017 Author’s response to reviews: To Chin-Hsien Lin Editor of BMC Neurology Date: 20.12.2017 Subject: Manuscript # NURL-D-17-00535 “Risk variants of the α-synuclein locus and REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson's disease: a genetic association study”
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