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Dec 2022
16m 39s

Metagenomics of Parkinson Disease Implic...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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Dr. Jason Crowell talks with Prof. Haydeh Payami, Professor of Neurology and Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, about how the gut microbiome may play a role in Parkinson disease according to metagenomics.

Read the related article in Nature Communications.

This podcast is sponsored by argenx. Visit www.vyvgarthcp.com for more information.

Disclosures can be found at Neurology.org.

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