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Association of intronic variants of the BTBD9 gene with Tourette syndrome.
Archives of neurology - 1 Oct 2009
Rivière Jean-Baptiste, Xiong Lan, Levchenko Anastasia, St-Onge Judith, Gaspar Claudia, Dion Yves, Lespérance Paul, Tellier Geneviève, Richer François, Chouinard Sylvain, Rouleau Guy A
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OBJECTIVE: To test the association between Tourette syndrome (TS) and genetic variants in genomic loci MEIS1, MAP2K5/LBXCOR1, and BTBD9, for which genome-wide association studies in restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movements during sleep revealed common risk variants. DESIGN: Case-control association study. SETTING: Movement disorder clinic in Montreal. Subjects We typed 14 single-nucleotide polymorphisms...
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