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Analysis of genome-wide association study-linked loci in Parkinson's disease of Mainland China.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Nov 2013
Liu Jun, Xiao Qin, Wang Ying, Xu Zhi-Min, Wang Ying, Yang Qiong, Wang Gang, Tan Yu-Yan, Ma Jian-Fang, Zhang Jin, Huang Wei, Chen Sheng-Di
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) have identified numerous single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that can modulate the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD). METHODS: We investigated the association of previously identified loci in a Mainland Chinese population to identify a possible ethnic-specific effect with GWAS analysis. Seventeen SNPs were genotyped from those loci using case-control...
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