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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
Abstract excerpt
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 most common, accounting for 90% of alleles. There were no significant differences between the patients and the control...
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