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Lagos State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-6290-6866Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints
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Fulya Akçimen, Kimberly Paquette, Peter Wild Crea…·Kamalini Ghosh Galvelis
This study identifies genetic variants associated with Parkinson's disease in African and African admixed populations, highlighting differences from European and Asian populations.
Mie Rizig, Sara Bandrés‐Ciga, Mary B. Makarious…·Francis Ojini
Intronic GBA1 variant rs3115534-G, common in African and African admixed ancestry but rare elsewhere, raises Parkinson's disease risk (OR 1.58) and lowers onset age.
Olaitan Okunoye, Oluwadamilola Omolara Ojo, Oladunni Abiodun…·Njideka Ulunma Okubadejo
The paper examines MAPT haplotype frequencies in Nigerian Africans and finds no association between the H1 haplotype and Parkinson's disease risk or age at onset.
Mie Rizig, Oluwadamilola Omolara Ojo, Alkyoni Athanasiou‐Fragkouli…·Njideka Ulunma Okubadejo
The paper screens 12 rare LRRK2 variants in Nigerian Parkinson's patients and controls, finding none present in either group.
Njideka Ulunma Okubadejo, Mie Rizig, Oluwadamilola Omolara Ojo…·Henry Houlden
The paper confirms the absence of the LRRK2 p.G2019S mutation in a larger Nigerian cohort of Parkinson's disease patients and controls, supporting its origin after human dispersal from sub-Saharan Africa.