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Fibroblast growth factor 20 gene and Parkinson's disease in the Japanese population.
Neuroreport - 11 Jun 2007
Satake Wataru, Mizuta Ikuko, Suzuki Satoko, Nakabayashi Yuko, Ito Chiyomi, Watanabe Masahiko, Takeda Atsushi, Hasegawa Kazuko, Sakoda Saburo, Yamamoto Mitsutoshi, Hattori Nobutaka, Murata Miho, Toda Tatsushi
Abstract excerpt
A genetic association between the fibroblast growth factor 20 (FGF20) gene and Parkinson's disease has been found by the pedigree disequilibrium test. This association, however, was not replicated by a case-control association study. In order to clarify the association between the FGF20 gene and Parkinson's disease, we attempted to replicate this association by a case-control association study using a large...
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