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Lack of evidence for an association between UCHL1 S18Y and Parkinson's disease.
European journal of neurology - 1 Feb 2008
Hutter Carolyn M, Samii Ali, Factor Stewart A, Nutt John G, Higgins Donald S, Bird Thomas D, Griffith Alida, Roberts John W, Leis Berta C, Montimurro Jennifer S, Kay Denise M, Edwards Karen L, Payami Haydeh, Zabetian Cyrus P
Abstract excerpt
UCHL1 has been proposed as a candidate gene for Parkinson's disease (PD). A meta-analysis of white and Asian subjects reported an inverse association between the non-synonymous UCHL1 S18Y polymorphism and PD risk. However, this finding was not replicated in a large case-control study and updated meta-analysis restricted to white subjects. We performed a case-control study of 1757 PD patients recruited from...
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