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Alcohol dehydrogenase polymorphism and Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 1 Jun 2001
Tan E K, Nagamitsu S, Matsuura T, Khajavi M, Jankovic J, Ondo W, Ashizawa T
Abstract excerpt
A particular alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) polymorphism (allele A1) in the promoter region of the gene has been recently demonstrated to be associated with increased risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). In a case control study, we examine frequencies of ADH A1 allele in 100 PD patients (i.e. 200 alleles), 100 diseased controls (i.e. 200 alleles), and 194 healthy controls (i.e. 388 alleles). In addition, we study...
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