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Replication of GWAS associations for GAK and MAPT in Parkinson's disease.
Annals of human genetics - 1 Mar 2011
Rhodes Shannon L, Sinsheimer Janet S, Bordelon Yvette, Bronstein Jeff M, Ritz Beate
Abstract excerpt
In the investigation of disease aetiology, the genome-wide association study (GWAS) provides a hypothesis-free investigation of the broader human genome and, as with all scientific investigations, replication is essential to validate any findings. To date, six GWAS have been performed to investigate the influence of common genetic variation in Parkinson's disease (PD) and only two associations have been...
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