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SNCA and MAPT genes: Independent and joint effects in Parkinson disease in the Italian population.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Mar 2012
Trotta Luca, Guella Ilaria, Soldà Giulia, Sironi Francesca, Tesei Silvana, Canesi Margherita, Pezzoli Gianni, Goldwurm Stefano, Duga Stefano, Asselta Rosanna
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Significant efforts have been focused on investigating the contribution of common variants to Parkinson disease (PD) risk. Several independent GWAS and metanalysis studies have shown a genome-wide significant association of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the α-synuclein (SNCA) and microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) regions. Here we investigated the role of SNCA and MAPT as PD...
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