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Platelet monoamine oxidase B activity in "de novo" and l-dopa treated parkinsonian patients and controls.
The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques - 1 Aug 1998
Kuhn W, Müller T, Gerstner A, Winkel R, Goetz M E
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies demonstrated controversial results regarding monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) activity in platelets in the periphery in parkinsonian patients (PD). SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Therefore we determined platelet MAO-B activity in three age- and sex-matched groups of 17 untreated, so called "de novo" patients with Parkinson's disease (PD), 17 parkinsonian patients, receiving levodopa, and 17 controls...
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