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SUBMITTER: Sato H
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5115754 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sato Hidenori H Takahashi Yoshimi Y Kimihira Luna L Iseki Chifumi C Kato Hajime H Suzuki Yuya Y Igari Ryosuke R Sato Hiroyasu H Koyama Shingo S Arawaka Shigeki S Kawanami Toru T Miyajima Masakazu M Samejima Naoyuki N Sato Shinya S Kameda Masahiro M Yamada Shinya S Kita Daisuke D Kaijima Mitsunobu M Date Isao I Sonoda Yukihiko Y Kayama Takamasa T Kuwana Nobumasa N Arai Hajime H Kato Takeo T
PloS one 20161118 11
Little is known about genetic risk factors for idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus (iNPH). We examined whether a copy number loss in intron 2 of the SFMBT1 gene could be a genetic risk for shunt-responsive, definite iNPH. Quantitative and digital PCR analyses revealed that 26.0% of shunt-responsive definite iNPH patients (n = 50) had such a genetic change, as compared with 4.2% of the healthy elderly (n = 191) (OR = 7.94, 95%CI: 2.82-23.79, p = 1.8 x 10-5) and 6.3% of patients with Parkinso ...[more]