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Histamine N-methyltransferase Thr105Ile is not associated with Parkinson's disease or essential tremor.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Feb 2010
Keeling Brett H, Vilariño-Güell Carles, Soto-Ortolaza Alexandra I, Ross Owen A, Uitti Ryan J, Rajput Alex, Wszolek Zbigniew K, Farrer Matthew J
Abstract excerpt
A functional variant in the Histamine N-Methyltransferase gene (HNMT - rs11558538) resulting in a threonine to isoleucine substitution (Thr105Ile) has been shown to impair histamine degradation. Two recent studies reported that the threonine allele of this polymorphism might be a risk factor for Parkinson disease (PD) and essential tremor (ET) development. Although PD and ET are considered different entities,...
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