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Common X-Chromosome Variants Are Associated with Parkinson Disease Risk.
Annals of neurology - 1 Jul 2021
Le Guen Yann, Napolioni Valerio, Belloy Michael E, Yu Eric, Krohn Lynne, Ruskey Jennifer A, Gan-Or Ziv, Kennedy Gabriel, Eger Sarah J, Greicius Michael D
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to identify genetic variants on the X-chromosome associated with Parkinson disease (PD) risk. METHODS: We performed an X-chromosome-wide association study (XWAS) of PD risk by meta-analyzing results from sex-stratified analyses. To avoid spurious associations, we designed a specific harmonization pipeline for the X-chromosome and focused on a European ancestry sample. We...
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