Authors: JeanSébastien Vidal Marie Vidailhet Pascal Derkinderen Christophe Tzourio Annick Alpérovitch
Publish Date: 2010/07/13
Volume: 257, Issue: 8, Pages: 1388-1393
Abstract
Familial aggregation has been consistently found in PD but it is unclear whether there is a familial aggregation in families of patients with multiple system atrophy MSA or progressive supranuclear palsy PSP MSA and PSP cases were recruited from a twoarm case control study One control was matched to each case for age gender and living area Medical history of firstdegree relatives was obtained through a facetoface questionnaire Agespecific cumulative incidence of Parkinsonism and dementia in firstdegree relatives of cases and controls was compared for MSA and PSP separately Seventyone pairs for MSA and their controls and 79 pairs for PSP and their controls were included No significant familial aggregation was found in PSP MSA cases reported Parkinsonism more often but not dementia in their firstdegree relatives than controls MSA patients but not those with PSP have Parkinsonism more often in their firstdegree relatives than controlsThe authors thank the CIC Salpêtrière and Dr Sophie Sangla Prof JeanPhilippe Azoulay Dr Marc Ziegler and Dr JeanPhilippe Brandel for their help in recruiting cases and Dr MarieLaure Welter Dr Valerie Mesnage Dr Pierre Frouard and Dr Safia Zenagui for their collaboration for case and control interviews
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