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Association between Parkinson's disease and the HLA-DRB1 locus.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Aug 2012
Ahmed Ismaïl, Tamouza Ryad, Delord Marc, Krishnamoorthy Rajagopal, Tzourio Christophe, Mulot Claire, Nacfer Magali, Lambert Jean-Charles, Beaune Philippe, Laurent-Puig Pierre, Loriot Marie-Anne, Charron Dominique, Elbaz Alexis
Abstract excerpt
Two genome-wide association studies (GWASs) recently highlighted the HLA-DRA and HLA-DRB5 genes as associated with Parkinson disease (PD). However, because HLA-DRA displays a low level of polymorphisms and HLA-DRB5 is only present in approximately 20% of the population, these findings are difficult to interpret. Our aims were: (1) to replicate and investigate in greater detail the association between PD and the...
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