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The Cys282Tyr polymorphism in the HFE gene in Australian Parkinson's disease patients.
Neuroscience letters - 19 Jul 2002
Buchanan D D, Silburn P A, Chalk J B, Le Couteur D G, Mellick G D
Abstract excerpt
Iron homeostasis is altered in Parkinson's disease (PD). The HFE protein is an important regulator of cellular iron homeostasis and variations within this gene can result in iron overload and the disorder known as hereditary haemochromatosis. We studied the Cys282Tyr single nucleotide polymorphism as a genetic risk factor for PD in two distinct and separately collected cohorts of Australian PD patients and...
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