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. 1998 Sep;51(3):887-9.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.51.3.887.

Lewy body in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1 is immunoreactive for alpha-synuclein

S Arawaka  1 , Y Saito, S Murayama, H Mori
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Lewy body in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1 is immunoreactive for alpha-synuclein

S Arawaka et al. Neurology. 1998 Sep.

Abstract

In familial PD, a mutation of the alpha-synuclein gene has been identified. Alpha-synuclein also was revealed in Lewy bodies in idiopathic PD. Lewy bodies in neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation type 1 (NBIA 1; Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome) were found to show immunostaining for alpha-synuclein/precursor of non-A beta component of Alzheimer's disease amyloid, indicating that alpha-synuclein is commonly associated with the formation of Lewy bodies in other sporadic and familial neurodegenerative diseases apart from PD.

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