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Val158Met polymorphism of COMT gene and Parkinson's disease risk in Asians.
Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology - 1 Jan 2015
Chuan Lixue, Gao Jie, Lei Yuying, Wang Raoxiang, Lu Lechun, Zhang Xianyu
Abstract excerpt
In previous study, we have found the catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) Val158Met polymorphism as an associated risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD) in Asian rather than Caucasian populations. The aim of this study was to further evaluate the associations of PD risk with COMT polymorphisms in different Asian populations. We carried out a retrieval of studies that investigated associations between COMT...
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