Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies

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Genome-wide association studyDiseaseLRRK2Genetic associationSingle-nucleotide polymorphismMendelian randomizationGeneticsBiologyMeta-analysisMendelian inheritanceHeritabilityMissing heritability problemParkinson's diseaseBioinformaticsMedicineGenotypeGeneGenetic variantsInternal medicine

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Year: 2019
Type: review
Volume: 18
Issue: 12
Pages: 1091-1102
Citations: 2331
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                                    Mike A. Nalls, 
                                
                                    Cornelis Blauwendraat, 
                                
                                    Costanza L. Vallerga
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2019). 
                            Identification of novel risk loci, causal insights, and heritable risk for Parkinson's disease: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. 
                            The Lancet Neurology
                            , 18
                            (12)
                            , 1091-1102.
                            https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-4422(19)30320-5
                        

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DOI: 10.1016/s1474-4422(19)30320-5