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Case-control study of UCHL1 S18Y variant in Parkinson's disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Oct 2006
Tan Eng-King, Puong Kim-Yoong, Fook-Chong Stephanie, Chua Eva, Shen Hui, Yuen Yih, Pavanni Ratnagopal, Wong Meng-Cheong, Puvan Kathiravelu, Zhao Yi
Abstract excerpt
A recent meta-analysis observed a greater significant inverse association of the ubiquitin carboxy-terminal hydrolase L1 (UCHL1) S18Y variant with Parkinson's disease (PD) for Asian (predominantly Japanese) populations compared with Caucasian populations. We performed an independent case-control study in 335 PD and 341 control subjects with data from a Chinese population to investigate the age-of-onset effect of...
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