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rs3851179 Polymorphism at 5' to the PICALM Gene is Associated with Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases in Brazilian Population.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Sept 2017
Santos-Rebouças Cíntia Barros, Gonçalves Andressa Pereira, Dos Santos Jussara Mendonça, Abdala Bianca Barbosa, Motta Luciana Branco, Laks Jerson, de Borges Margarete Borges, de Rosso Ana Lúcia Zuma, Pereira João Santos, Nicaretta Denise Hack, Pimentel Márcia Mattos Gonçalves
Abstract excerpt
Alzheimer's (AD) and Parkinson's diseases (PD) share clinical and pathological features, suggesting that they could have common pathogenic mechanisms, as well as overlapping genetic modifiers. Here, we performed a case-control study in a Brazilian population to clarify whether the risk of AD and PD might be influenced by shared polymorphisms at PICALM (rs3851179), CR1 (rs6656401) and CLU (rs11136000) genes, which...
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