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Modification of the association between lead exposure and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by iron and oxidative stress related gene polymorphisms.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis & frontotemporal degeneration - 1 Mar 2015
Eum Ki-Do, Seals Ryan M, Taylor Kathryn M, Grespin Matthew, Umbach David M, Hu Howard, Sandler Dale P, Kamel Freya, Weisskopf Marc G
Abstract excerpt
Our objective was to examine whether functional polymorphisms in hemochromatosis (HFE; H63D and C282Y), transferrin (TfC2), and glutathione-s-transferase Pi1 (GSTP1; Ile105Val) genes modify any lead-ALS association. We measured blood lead using atomic absorption spectroscopy and bone lead - a biomarker of cumulative lead exposure - using K-shell-X-ray fluorescence in 100 neurologist-confirmed ALS cases and 194...
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