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Calbindin 1, fibroblast growth factor 20, and alpha-synuclein in sporadic Parkinson's disease.
Human genetics - 1 Aug 2008
Mizuta Ikuko, Tsunoda Tatsuhiko, Satake Wataru, Nakabayashi Yuko, Watanabe Masahiko, Takeda Atsushi, Hasegawa Kazuko, Nakashima Kenji, Yamamoto Mitsutoshi, Hattori Nobutaka, Murata Miho, Toda Tatsushi
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD), one of the most common human neurodegenerative disorders, is characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra of the midbrain. Our recent case-control association study of 268 SNPs in 121 candidate genes identified alpha-synuclein (SNCA) as a susceptibility gene for sporadic PD (P = 1.7 x 10(-11)). We also replicated the association of fibroblast growth factor 20...
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