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α-Synuclein Gene May Interact with Environmental Factors in Increasing Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
1 Jan 2010
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BACKGROUND: Although of great interest and suggested in prior reports, possible α-synuclein (SNCA) gene-environment interactions have not been well investigated in humans. METHODS: We used a population-based approach to examine whether the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) depended on the combined presence of SNCA variations and two important environmental factors, pesticide exposures and smoking....
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