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Association study between iron-related genes polymorphisms and Parkinson's disease.
Journal of neurology - 1 Jul 2002
Borie Claire, Gasparini Francesca, Verpillat Patrice, Bonnet Anne-Marie, Agid Yves, Hetet Gilles, Brice Alexis, Dürr Alexandra, Grandchamp Bernard
Abstract excerpt
We have conducted a case-control study in order to test for an association between 8 intragenic polymorphisms of 5 iron-related genes (transferrin, transferrin receptor1, HFE, frataxin and lactoferrin) and Parkinson disease. Comparison of genotypes and allele frequencies did not differ significantly between cases and controls for all studied polymorphisms except the G258S transferrin polymorphism, for which a...
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