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Association of catechol-o-methyltransferase polymorphism (Val108/158Met) with Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis.
Journal of motor behavior - 1 Jan 2012
Wang Yiguan, Yang Xiaorong
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative disease, the risk factors of which are gaining more attentions. Among all these risk factors, catechol-o-methyltransferase (COMT) has been widely studied, and believed to be associated with PD. However, the relationship between COMT polymorphism and PD has not been confirmed hitherto. Therefore, a meta-analysis was performed to evaluate the effect of COMT...
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