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Head injury, α-synuclein genetic variability and Parkinson's disease.
European journal of neurology - 1 May 2015
Lee P C, Bordelon Y, Bronstein J, Sinsheimer J S, Farrer M, Ritz B
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Head injury has been linked to Parkinson's disease (PD) in some but not all studies. Differences in the genetic and environmental susceptibility to PD between populations might be one explanation. The joint effects of head injuries and SNCA genetic variants were investigated. METHODS: From 2001 to 2012, 561 incident idiopathic PD cases and 721 population controls from central California...
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