Meta-analysis of polymorphism of the catechol-O-methyltransferase gene in relation to the etiology of Parkinson's disease in Japan

Movement Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1013-1014

  Priori, Alberto ^a   Polidori, Luigi ^a   Rona, Sabine ^a   Manfredi, Mario ^a   Berardelli, Alfredo ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA; FREE RADICAL; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; AUTOOXIDATION; CALCULATION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC NERVE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; NOTE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THERMOSTABILITY;

EID: 0033809562     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(200009)15:5<1013::AID-MDS1040>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Note

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