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Genetic association between susceptibility to Parkinson's disease and alpha1-antichymotrypsin polymorphism.
Brain research - 6 Jun 1997
Yamamoto M, Kondo I, Ogawa N, Asanuma M, Yamashita Y, Mizuno Y
Abstract excerpt
The apolipoprotein E (ApoE*) gene is a major risk factor of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the alpha1-antichymotrypsin (ACT) polymorphism is likely to modify susceptibility of the ApoE* gene for AD. Because pathogenesis of AD is partly similar to that in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (P...
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