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The TOR1A polymorphism rs1182 and the risk of spread in primary blepharospasm
Giovanni Defazio1, Mar Matarin, Elizabeth L Peckham
1Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Sciences, University of Bari, Policlinico, Piazza Giulio Cesare, Bari 1 70124, Italy. gdefazio@neurol.uniba.it
Abstract:
We studied the influence of the rs1182 polymorphism of the TOR1A gene on the risk of dystonia spread in two representative cohorts of patients presenting with primary blepharospasm (BSP), one from Italy and the other from the United States of America. The relationship between rs1182 polymorphism and spread was estimated by Kaplan-Meier survival curves and Cox proportional hazard regression models adjusted by age and sex, age of BSP onset. In both series, patients carrying the T allele (G/T or T/T) in the rs1182 polymorphism were more likely to have dystonia spread as compared with the homozygous carriers of the common G allele. The comparable findings obtained in two independent cohorts support a genetic contribution to BSP spread.
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