Identification of Risk Factors Parkinson's Disease by Convergence Strategy

Using this convergence approach from a limited group of subjects with non-diseased controls, patients with Parkinson's disease or related diseases, we will be able to limit the number of potential genes of specific susceptibility to Parkinson disease. These genes will then be studied using a case-control genetic epidemiology approach. The risk of developing the disease will then be evaluated according to clinical, biological and environmental variables collected in Parkinson's subjects and healthy controls in the second group of subjects. The specificity of the genetic associations found will be evaluated in subjects with Parkinson's disease.