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No association between Parkinson's disease and low-activity alleles of catechol O-methyltransferase.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 21 Nov 1996
Hoda F, Nicholl D, Bennett P, Arranz M, Aitchison K J, al-Chalabi A, Kunugi H, Vallada H, Leigh P N, Chaudhuri K R, Collier D A
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Idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) is characterised by the loss of pigmented neurones in the substantia nigra, leading to reduced tyrosine hydroxylase activity and depletion of dopamine. Treatments attempt to correct this deficit by the use of levodopa and inhibitors of dopamine metabolising en...
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