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Correlation of tau gene polymorphism with age at onset of Parkinson's disease.
Neuroscience letters - 25 Sept 2006
Kobayashi Hideaki, Ujike Hiroshi, Hasegawa Junko, Yamamoto Mitsutoshi, Kanzaki Akihiro, Sora Ichiro
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disease and its prevalence increases with age. The microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) is thought to be implicated in the pathogenesis of PD. Association of the MAPT H1 haplotype with PD in Caucasians has been extensively studied, however, the...
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