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Evaluation of FGF 20 variants for susceptibility to Parkinson's disease in Eastern Indians.
Neuroscience letters - 14 May 2018
Sadhukhan Dipanwita, Das Gautami, Biswas Arindam, Ghosh Soumitra, Das Shyamal K, Ray Kunal, Ray Jharna
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BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease and has a complex etiology. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the 3'-untranslated region of Fibroblast growth factor 20 (FGF 20) have been reported to be associated with PD; however, the results are controversial. Although FGF20 enhances the survival of dopaminergic neurons, it may also result in PD susceptibility by...
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