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Genetic-environmental factors finally assessed together in Parkinson’s disease
  1. Jordi Clarimón
  1. Genetics of Neurodegenerative Disorders Unit, Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute,Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Jordi Clarimón, Genetics of Neurodegenerative Disorders Unit, Sant Pau Biomedical Research Institute,Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Sant Quintí 77, 08041, Barcelona, Spain; jclarimon{at}santpau.cat

https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2020-324472

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    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Patient consent for publication Not required.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.

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