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SUBMITTER: Facheris MF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4554698 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Facheris Maurizio F MF Schneider Nicole K NK Lesnick Timothy G TG de Andrade Mariza M Cunningham Julie M JM Rocca Walter A WA Maraganore Demetrius M DM
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society 20081001 14
An inverse association between coffee and Parkinson's disease (PD) has been reported. However, it remains uncertain why some but not all coffee drinkers are less susceptible to PD. We considered the possibility of a pharmacogenetic effect. In our study, we included 1,208 subjects (446 case-unaffected sibling pairs and 158 case-unrelated control pairs) recruited from an ongoing study of the molecular epidemiology of PD in the Upper Midwest (USA). We collected information on lifetime coffee drinki ...[more]