Is multiple system atrophy an infectious disease?

Ann Neurol. 2018 Jan;83(1):10-12. doi: 10.1002/ana.25132. Epub 2018 Jan 14.

Authors

Gregor Wenning¹, John Q Trojanowski², Horacio Kaufmann³, Thomas Wisniewski³, Walter A Rocca⁴, Phillip A Low⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria.
² Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
³ Department of Neurology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY.
⁴ Department of Health Sciences Research, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

No abstract available

Publication types

Editorial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Communicable Diseases / complications*
Humans
Multiple System Atrophy / etiology*
Prion Diseases
Proteostasis Deficiencies / genetics
alpha-Synuclein / genetics

Substances

alpha-Synuclein

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