Serum iron levels and the risk of Parkinson disease: a Mendelian randomization study.

<h4>Background</h4>Although levels of iron are known to be increased in the brains of patients with Parkinson disease (PD), epidemiological evidence on a possible effect of iron blood levels on PD risk is inconclusive, with effects reported in opposite directions. Epidemiological studies...

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Main Authors: Irene Pichler, Fabiola Del Greco M, Martin Gögele, Christina M Lill, Lars Bertram, Chuong B Do, Nicholas Eriksson, Tatiana Foroud, Richard H Myers, PD GWAS Consortium, Michael Nalls, Margaux F Keller, International Parkinson's Disease Genomics Consortium, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium 2, Beben Benyamin, John B Whitfield, Genetics of Iron Status Consortium, Peter P Pramstaller, Andrew A Hicks, John R Thompson, Cosetta Minelli
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/1a3b43cf16a34250b3226fdeb1524b3d
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