No association between Parkinson's disease and monoamine oxidase A and B gene polymorphisms.

doi:10.1016/0304-3940(95)12298-2

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No association between Parkinson's disease and monoamine oxidase A and B gene polymorphisms.

Neuroscience letters - 2 Feb 1996

Nanko S, Ueki A, Hattori M

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is thought to be caused by a combination of unknown environmental, genetic and degenerative factors. Among these factors, monoamine oxidase has been considered as a possible factor in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease. We have carried out allelic association stud...

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Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Alleles
Female
Humans
Isoenzymes
Male
Middle Aged
Molecular Weight
Monoamine Oxidase
Parkinson Disease
Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational

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