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The -A162G polymorphism of the PON1 gene and the risk of sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Zawiślak Dorota, Ostrowska Monika, Golenia Aleksandra, Marona Monika, Tomik Barbara, Wołkow Paweł, Gryz-Kurek Elzbieta, Szczudlik Andrzej, Słowik Agnieszka
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (sALS) is a devastating neurodegenerative disease, which results from complex genetic and environmental interactions. Recent studies have reported an association between several polymorphisms of the PON1 and PON2 genes and risk of sALS. The aim of the present study was to identify an association between the -A162G polymorphism of the promoter region...
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