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Significant association between the tau gene A0/A0 genotype and Parkinson's disease.
Annals of neurology - 1 Feb 2000
Pastor P, Ezquerra M, Muñoz E, Martí M J, Blesa R, Tolosa E, Oliva R
Abstract excerpt
A significant association between the tau gene A0/A0 genotype and progressive supranuclear palsy has been reported recently. To determine if the presence of a tau polymorphism could constitute a risk factor for the development of sporadic and familial Parkinson's disease, a dinucleotide repeat marker at intron 11 was genotyped in 152 patients with PD, 52 patients with Alzheimer's disease, and 150 healthy...
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