Elevated plasma levels of homocysteine in Parkinson's disease

European Neurology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 225-227

  Kuhn, W ^a   Roebroek, R ^a   Blom, H ^b   Van Oppenraaij, D ^b   Przuntek, H ^a   Kretschmer, A ^a   Buttner Th ^a   Woitalla, D ^a   Muller Th ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Homocysteine; Levodopa; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0031790224     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000007984     Document Type: Article

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