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Fibroblast growth factor 20 polymorphism in sporadic Parkinson's disease in Northern Han Chinese.
Journal of clinical neuroscience : official journal of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia - 1 Nov 2013
Xu Xiaofeng, Wang Naidong, Xu Huamin, Xie Anmu, Jiang Hong, Xie Junxia
Abstract excerpt
Fibroblast growth factor (FGF) 20 is a neurotrophic factor that exerts strong neurotrophic properties in the brain and could significantly enhance the survival of rat midbrain dopaminergic neurons. The genetic association of the FGF20 gene with Parkinson's disease (PD) remains controversial. We used the polymerase chain reaction-restriction length polymorphism assay to assess the association of two single...
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