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Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes for Parkinson's disease in an Ashkenazi Jewish population.
BMC medical genetics - 3 Aug 2011
Liu Xinmin, Cheng Rong, Verbitsky Miguel, Kisselev Sergey, Browne Andrew, Mejia-Sanatana Helen, Louis Elan D, Cote Lucien J, Andrews Howard, Waters Cheryl, Ford Blair, Frucht Steven, Fahn Stanley, Marder Karen, Clark Lorraine N, Lee Joseph H
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BACKGROUND: To date, nine Parkinson disease (PD) genome-wide association studies in North American, European and Asian populations have been published. The majority of studies have confirmed the association of the previously identified genetic risk factors, SNCA and MAPT, and two studies have identified three new PD susceptibility loci/genes (PARK16, BST1 and HLA-DRB5). In a recent meta-analysis of datasets from...
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