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Dopamine receptor D3 (DRD3) genotype and allelic variants and risk for essential tremor.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Oct 2009
García-Martín Elena, Martínez Carmen, Alonso-Navarro Hortensia, Benito-León Julián, Puertas Inmaculada, Rubio Lluisa, López-Alburquerque Tomás, Agúndez José A G, Jiménez-Jiménez Félix Javier
Abstract excerpt
To investigate the possible association between dopamine receptor D3 genotype (DRD3) and allelic variants and the risk for developing essential tremor (ET). Leukocytary DNA from 201 patients with ET and 282 healthy controls was studied for the genotype DRD3 and the occurrence of DRD3 allelic variants by using allele-specific PCR amplification and MslI-RFLP's analyses. A meta-analysis of previous studies was...
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