Protective effect of vagotomy suggests source organ for Parkinson disease

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 834-835

  Gray, Madison T ^a   Munoz, David G ^b   Schlossmacher, Michael G ^c,d   Gray, Douglas A ^c,d   Woulfe, John M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN;

APPENDIX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HIGHLY SELECTIVE VAGOTOMY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH INNERVATION; STOMACH ULCER; TRUNCUS VAGOTOMY; FEMALE; MALE; TRENDS; VAGOTOMY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; VAGOTOMY;

EID: 84945156595     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: 15318249     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ana.24501     Document Type: Letter

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