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Genome-wide gene-environment interaction analysis of pesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease.
Parkinsonism & related disorders - 1 Nov 2016
Biernacka Joanna M, Chung Sun Ju, Armasu Sebastian M, Anderson Kari S, Lill Christina M, Bertram Lars, Ahlskog J E, Brighina Laura, Frigerio Roberta, Maraganore Demetrius M
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INTRODUCTION: Genetic factors and environmental exposures, including pesticides, contribute to the risk of Parkinson's disease (PD). There have been few studies of gene and pesticide exposure interactions in PD, and all of the prior studies used a candidate gene approach. METHODS: We performed the first genome-wide gene-environment interaction analysis of pesticide exposure and risk of Parkinson's disease....
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