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Tau gene and Parkinson's disease: a case-control study and meta-analysis.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 1 Jul 2004
Healy D G, Abou-Sleiman P M, Lees A J, Casas J P, Quinn N, Bhatia K, Hingorani A D, Wood N W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the tau H1 haplotype is a genetic risk factor in Parkinson's disease and to report a meta-analysis on all previously published data METHODS: and results: In a sample of 580 patients with Parkinson's disease and 513 controls there was an increased risk of Parkinson's disease for both the tau H1 haplotype (p<or=0.0064; odds ratio (OR) 1.34 (95% confidence interval (CI), 1.04 to...
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