| Literature DB >> 18829375 |
Matthew J Farrer1, Lindsey N Williams, Avi A Algom, Jennifer Kachergus, Mary M Hulihan, Owen A Ross, Alex Rajput, Spiridon Papapetropoulos, Deborah C Mash, Dennis W Dickson.
Abstract
It has been proposed that there is an increased frequency of glucosidase-beta mutations in Lewy body disorders. Our comprehensive DNA sequencing approach found a small number of glucosidase-beta mutations in 101 neuropathologically defined Lewy body disease cases (3%) compared to 99 healthy post-mortem controls (1%); odds ratio 3.0 (95% CI: 0.3-29, p=0.3). All three affected carriers were classified as diffuse Lewy body disease (n=3/50; 6%). Our study suggests glucosidase-beta variants have a limited role in susceptibility to Lewy body disease in North America.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18829375 PMCID: PMC2970615 DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2008.08.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Parkinsonism Relat Disord ISSN: 1353-8020 Impact factor: 4.891