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Causal Association between Periodontitis and Parkinson's Disease: A Bidirectional Mendelian Randomization Study.
Genes - 19 May 2021
Botelho João, Machado Vanessa, Mendes José João, Mascarenhas Paulo
Abstract excerpt
The latest evidence revealed a possible association between periodontitis and Parkinson's disease (PD). We explored the causal relationship of this bidirectional association through two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) in European ancestry populations. To this end, we used openly accessible data of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) on periodontitis and PD. As instrumental variables for periodontitis,...
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