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Neuroanatomical correlates of polygenic risk for Parkinson Disease.
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Loss-of-Function Variants in CPT1C: No Support for a Causal Role in Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia
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Lack of Association Between G6PD Variants and Parkinson’s Disease
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No Evidence for Genetic Role of the Tumor Necrosis Factor Pathway in Parkinson’s Disease.
Lack of epistatic interaction of SNCA with APOE in synucleinopathies
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GBA1 Variants with Unknown Classification Are Modest Contributors to Parkinson’s Disease Susceptibility
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Parkinson Disease SNCA Risk Variants Are Associated With Higher Asymmetric Putamen Dopaminergic Dysfunction
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Association between Human Leukocyte Antigen Alleles and Neuropathological Outcomes in Lewy Body Disease
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Genome-wide association study of REM sleep behavior disorder in Parkinson’s disease
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