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Genetic polymorphism of paraoxonase 1 (PON1) and susceptibility to Parkinson's disease.
Brain research - 28 Sept 1998
Kondo I, Yamamoto M
Abstract excerpt
Toxicologists have thought that the paraoxonase (PON) enzyme polymorphism might contribute to effects of pollutants and other environmental chemicals on susceptibility to cancer, birth defects and Parkinson's disease (PD). We studied a biallelic PON1 polymorphism at codon 192 (A and B alleles) in 166 patients with sporadic idiopathic PD. The frequency of the B (Arg) allele of PON1 was significantly increased in...
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