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Genetic risk of Parkinson's disease in the general population.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Aug 2016
Darweesh Sirwan K L, Verlinden Vincentius J A, Adams Hieab H H, Uitterlinden André G, Hofman Albert, Stricker Bruno H, van Duijn Cornelia M, Koudstaal Peter J, Ikram M Arfan
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INTRODUCTION: We investigated whether a risk score based on genetic risk variants for Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with the risk and improves prediction of incident PD, and whether the risk score is associated with basic activities of daily living (BADL) in healthy individuals. METHODS: Within the population-based Rotterdam Study, we genotyped 26 independent risk variants for PD and constructed a...
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