Article
CYP2D6 gene polymorphism as a probable risk factor for Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease with dementia.
Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska - 1 Jan 2000
Gołab-Janowska Monika, Honczarenko Krystyna, Gawrońska-Szklarz Barbara, Potemkowski Andrzej
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The theory of multifactorial inheritance is considered in the pathogenesis of sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Parkinson's disease (PD); therefore, it makes the genes regulating bioactivation or detoxification of exogenous substances candidates of sensitivity to Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. The aims of the study were: 1) to determine the genotypes of CYP2D6 cytochrome...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Alzheimer Disease
- Antiparkinson Agents
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP2D6
- Dementia
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Levodopa
- Male
