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Gender difference in the interaction of smoking and monoamine oxidase B intron 13 genotype in Parkinson's disease.
Neurotoxicology - 1 Oct 2002
Kelada Samir N, Costa-Mallen Paola, Costa Lucio G, Smith-Weller Terry, Franklin Gary M, Swanson Phillip D, Longstreth W T, Checkoway Harvey
Abstract excerpt
We tested for gender-specific interactions between smoking and genetic polymorphisms of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) intron 13 (G or A allele), monoamine oxidase A (MAO-A) EcoRV (Yor N allele), and dopamine D2 recepor (DRD2) Taq1B (B1 or B2 allele) in a case-control study of 186 incident idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) cases and 296 age- and gender-matched controls. The odds ratios (ORs) for PD risk for ever...
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