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UCHL1 is associated with Parkinson's disease: a case-unaffected sibling and case-unrelated control study.
Neuroscience letters - 1 Jan 2000
Facheris Maurizio, Strain Kari J, Lesnick Timothy G, de Andrade Mariza, Bower James H, Ahlskog J Eric, Cunningham Julie M, Lincoln Sarah, Farrer Mathew J, Rocca Walter A, Maraganore Demetrius M
Abstract excerpt
To avoid the possible confounding effect of population stratification, we employed a discordant sibling study design and a liberalization of the sibling transmission disequilibrium test to confirm the association of the S18Y variant of the ubiquitin carboxi-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) gene with Parkinson's disease (PD). The study included 497 case-control pairs (427 case-unaffected sibling pairs and 70...
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