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Variants in estrogen-related genes and risk of Parkinson's disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jun 2011
Chung Sun Ju, Armasu Sebastian M, Biernacka Joanna M, Lesnick Timothy G, Rider David N, Cunningham Julie M, Maraganore Demetrius M
Abstract excerpt
Incidence rates of Parkinson's disease are higher in men than in women at all ages, and these differences may be a result of the neuroprotective effects of estrogen on the nigrostriatal pathway. We investigated the association of common variants in 4 estrogen-related genes with Parkinson's disease. Tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the CYP19A1, ESR1, ESR2, and PRDM2 genes were selected from the...
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