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The association between the C282Y and H63D polymorphisms of HFE gene and the risk of Parkinson's disease: A meta-analysis.
Neuroscience letters - 19 May 2015
Xia Jianjian, Xu Huamin, Jiang Hong, Xie Junxia
Abstract excerpt
Impaired brain iron homeostasis has been considered as an important mechanism in Parkinson's diseases (PD). There are indications that C282Y and H63D polymorphisms of HFE genes involved in iron metabolism might contribute to the pathogenesis of PD in some cases. However, the investigation of the relationship between PD and the two polymorphisms had produced contradictory results. We performed a meta-analysis to...
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