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ArticleAnnals of clinical and translational neurology2018

Cervical skin denervation associates with alpha-synuclein aggregates in Parkinson disease.

Giorgia Melli, Elena Vacchi, Vanessa Biemmi, Salvatore Galati, Claudio Staedler, Roberto Ambrosini, Alain Kaelin-Lang

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Article in Annals of clinical and translational neurology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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39 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 57 citations in OpenAlex.

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  15. Skin nerve phosphorylated α-synuclein in the elderly.Journal of neuropathology and experimental neurology · 2024
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Giorgia MelliLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland Via ai Söi 24. CH-6807 Torricella-Taverne Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-2069-4620
Elena VacchiLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland Via ai Söi 24. CH-6807 Torricella-Taverne Switzerland.
Vanessa BiemmiLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland Via ai Söi 24. CH-6807 Torricella-Taverne Switzerland.
Salvatore GalatiLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland Via ai Söi 24. CH-6807 Torricella-Taverne Switzerland.
Claudio StaedlerNeurology Department Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland Via Tesserete 46 CH-6900 Lugano Switzerland.
Roberto AmbrosiniDepartment of Environmental Science and Policy University of Milan Via Celoria 26, I-20133 Milan Italy.
Alain Kaelin-LangLaboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences Neurocentre of Southern Switzerland Via ai Söi 24. CH-6807 Torricella-Taverne Switzerland.
Laboratory for Biomedical Neurosciences · CHUniversity of Bern · CHUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveAutonomic nervous system is involved at the onset of Parkinson disease (PD), and alpha-synuclein (

methodsWe enrolled 49 subjects, 19 with PD, 17 age-matched healthy controls, and 13 with AP. The manifestations of disease were rated on clinical scales. Skin biopsies from ankle, thigh, and neck were analyzed by immunofluorescence for p-

resultsPD subjects displayed more severe cervical skin denervation (

interpretationConformational specific forms of

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PMCPMC6243385
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