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Intronic Haplotypes in the GBA Gene Do Not Predict Age at Diagnosis of Parkinson's Disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 1 Jun 2021
Toffoli Marco, Higgins Abigail, Lee Chiao, Koletsi Sofia, Chen Xiao, Eberle Michael, Sedlazeck Fritz J, Mullin Stephen, Proukakis Christos, Schapira Anthony H V
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: GBA mutations are a common risk factor for Parkinson's disease (PD). A recent study has suggested that GBA haplotypes, identified by intronic variants, can affect age at diagnosis of PD. OBJECTIVES: In this study, we assess this hypothesis using long reads across a large cohort and the publicly available Accelerating Medicines Partnership-Parkinson's Disease (AMP-PD) cohort. METHODS: We recruited a PD...
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