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Serum Iron Levels and the Risk of Parkinson Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study: e1001462

Serum Iron Levels and the Risk of Parkinson Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study: e1001462

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Serum Iron Levels and the Risk of Parkinson Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study: e1001462

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Serum Iron Levels and the Risk of Parkinson Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study: e1001462

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San Francisco: Public Library of Science

Journal title

PLoS medicine, 2013-06, Vol.10 (6)

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English

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San Francisco: Public Library of Science

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Background 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 suffer from problems of confounding and reverse causation, and mendel...

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Serum Iron Levels and the Risk of Parkinson Disease: A Mendelian Randomization Study: e1001462

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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1427361061

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1427361061

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ISSN

1549-1277

E-ISSN

1549-1676

DOI

10.1371/journal.pmed.1001462

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