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Allelic association between the DRD2 TaqI A polymorphism and Parkinson's disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Nov 2000
Grevle L, Güzey C, Hadidi H, Brennersted R, Idle J R, Aasly J
Abstract excerpt
Genes encoding proteins involved in dopaminergic transmission have been of special interest during the evaluation of candidate genes for Parkinson's disease (PD). The dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) is located on chromosome 11 q22-q23, and several polymorphisms of the gene have been described. The DRD2 gene has a TaqI A restriction fragment length polymorphism that is located in the untranslated region,...
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