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Organophosphate pesticides and PON1 L55M in Parkinson's disease progression.
Environment international - 1 Oct 2017
Paul Kimberly C, Sinsheimer Janet S, Cockburn Myles, Bronstein Jeff M, Bordelon Yvette, Ritz Beate
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Parkinson's disease (PD) has motor and non-motor features that contribute to its phenotype and functional decline. Organophosphate (OP) pesticides and PON1 L55M, which influences OP metabolism, have been implicated in multiple mechanisms related to neuronal cell death and may influence PD symptom progression. OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether ambient agricultural OP exposure and PON1 L55M influence...
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