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Polygenic risk of Parkinson disease is correlated with disease age at onset.
Annals of neurology - 1 Apr 2015
Escott-Price Valentina, Nalls Mike A, Morris Huw R, Lubbe Steven, Brice Alexis, Gasser Thomas, Heutink Peter, Wood Nicholas W, Hardy John, Singleton Andrew B, Williams Nigel M
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OBJECTIVE: We have investigated the polygenic architecture of Parkinson disease (PD) and have also explored the potential relationship between an individual's polygenic risk score and their disease age at onset. METHODS: This study used genotypic data from 4,294 cases and 10,340 controls obtained from the meta-analysis of PD genome-wide association studies. Polygenic score analysis was performed as previously...
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