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No association between Parkinson disease alleles and the risk of melanoma.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jan 2012
Meng Shasha, Song Fengju, Chen Honglei, Gao Xiang, Amos Christopher I, Lee Jeffrey E, Wei Qingyi, Qureshi Abrar A, Han Jiali
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BACKGROUND: Recent data showed that melanoma was more common among patients with Parkinson disease than individuals without Parkinson disease and vice versa. It has been hypothesized that these two diseases may share common genetic and environmental risk factors. METHODS: We evaluated the association between single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) selected on the basis of recent genome-wide association studies...
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