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. 2016 Jan;79(1):159-61.
doi: 10.1002/ana.24527. Epub 2015 Dec 12.

Is the MC1R variant p.R160W associated with Parkinson's?

Steven J Lubbe  1 , Valentina Escott-Price  2 , Alexis Brice  3 , Thomas Gasser  4 , John Hardy  5   6 , Peter Heutink  7 , Manu Sharma  5 , Nicholas W Wood  3   8 , Mike Nalls  9 , Andrew B Singleton  9 , Nigel M Williams  2 , Huw R Morris  1 ; International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium
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Is the MC1R variant p.R160W associated with Parkinson's?

Steven J Lubbe et al. Ann Neurol. 2016 Jan.
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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST:

Dr. Morris reports grants from Medical Research Council UK, grants from Wellcome Trust, grants from Parkinson’s UK, grants from Ipsen Fund, during the conduct of the study; grants from Motor Neuron Disease Association, grants from Welsh Assembly Government, personal fees from Teva, personal fees from Abbvie, personal fees from Teva, personal fees from UCB, personal fees from Boerhinger-Ingelheim, personal fees from GSK, outside the submitted work.

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    Tell-Martí G, Puig-Butille JA, Potrony M, Badenas C, Milà M, Malvehy J, Martí MJ, Ezquerra M, Fernández-Santiago R, Puig S. Tell-Martí G, et al. Ann Neurol. 2016 Jan;79(1):161-3. doi: 10.1002/ana.24526. Epub 2015 Dec 12. Ann Neurol. 2016. PMID: 26389780 No abstract available.

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