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SUBMITTER: Chen X
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5338132 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chen Xiqun X Feng Danielle D Schwarzschild Michael A MA Gao Xiang X
Annals of clinical and translational neurology 20170224 3
Several studies have been conducted with mixed results since our initial report of increased Parkinson's disease risk in individuals with red hair and/or red hair-associated p.R151C variant of the <i>MC1R</i> gene, both of which confer high melanoma risk. We performed a meta-analysis of six publications on red hair, <i>MC1R</i>, and Parkinson's disease. We found that red hair (pooled odds ratios = 1.68, 95% confidence intervals: 1.07, 2.64) and p.R151C (pooled odds ratios = 1.10, 95% confidence ...[more]