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Association between PARK16 and Parkinson's disease in the Han Chinese population: a meta-analysis.
Neurobiology of aging - 1 Oct 2013
Chang Kuo-Hsuan, Chen Chiung-Mei, Chen Yi-Chun, Lyu Rong-Kuo, Chang Hong-Shiu, Ro Long-Sun, Lee-Chen Guey-Jen, Wu Yih-Ru
Abstract excerpt
PARK16 was reported to alter the risk for Parkinson's disease (PD) in the Japanese population. However, its role in Han Chinese PD patients has not been well established. Herein, we investigated the effect of 4 single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the PARK16 locus, including rs823128, rs947211, rs823156, and rs11240572, on the risk of PD by genotyping 497 Taiwanese patients with PD and 500 age-matched...
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