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Tau gene and Parkinson's disease: a case-control study and meta-analysis
D G Healy1, P M Abou-Sleiman, A J Lees
1Department of Molecular Neuroscience, Institute of Neurology, Queen Square, London, UK.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
|June 18, 2004
Abstract
Objective:
To investigate whether the tau H1 haplotype is a genetic risk factor in Parkinson's disease and to report a meta-analysis on all previously published data
Methods:
and results: In a sample of 580 patients with Parkinson's disease and 513 controls there was an increased risk of Parkinson's disease for both the tau H1 haplotype (p
Conclusions:
Homozygosity for the tau H1 is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson's disease. This adds to the growing body of evidence that common genetic variation contributes to the pathogenesis of this disorder.