Black and African American Connections to Parkinson’s Disease Study: Addressing Missing Diversity in Parkinson’s Disease Genetics

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Published April 30, 2022

Our current understanding of Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonism-related syndromes is disproportionately based on studying populations of European ancestry, leading to a significant gap of knowledge concerning clinical features, genetics, and pathophysiology underlying disease etiology in underrepresented populations, including Black and African American individuals.
Identifier (DOI)
10.1002/mds.29042
Tags
  • Brief Communication
  • Ethnic diversity
  • Genetics

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    Sara Bandres-Ciga