The dopamine transporter gene and Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population.

doi:10.1212/wnl.49.6.1577

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The dopamine transporter gene and Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population.

Neurology - 1 Dec 1997

Leighton P W, Le Couteur D G, Pang C C, McCann S J, Chan D, Law L K, Kay R, Pond S M, Woo J

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We studied a variable number tandem repeat polymorphism within the dopamine transporter gene (DAT) for an association with Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population. Five alleles were detected, consisting of 6, 8, 9, 10, and 11 copies of the 40 base pair repeat sequence. The 10-copy allele was...

Topics

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Asian People
Carrier Proteins
China
Dopamine Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
Female
Gene Frequency
Genotype
Hong Kong
Humans
Male
Membrane Glycoproteins
Membrane Transport Proteins
Middle Aged
Nerve Tissue Proteins
Parkinson Disease

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PMID: 9409349
DOI: 10.1212/wnl.49.6.1577

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