Abstract
We report 8 cases of clinical idiopathic Parkinson disease in one kindred. None of the patients presented anomalous symptoms and all responded normally to routine L-Dopa therapy. On the basis of these findings we analyse the possible etiological role of heredity in Parkinson disease.
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Si riportano 8 casi di morbo di Parkinson clinicamente idiopatico in una famiglia. Non vi erano caratteristiche anomale per ciò che concerne la sintomatologia e la risposta alla comune terapia con L-Dopa. Sulla bse di questi reperti gli autori analizzano la possibile componente eziologica dell'eredità nel morbo di Parkinson.
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Degl'Innocenti, F., Maurello, M.T. & Marini, P. A parkinsonian kindred. Ital J Neuro Sci 10, 307–310 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02333776
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