Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) has been associated with exposure to pesticides and oxidative injury. The involvement of paraoxonase in both pesticide metabolism and lipid peroxidation suggests that it may play a role in the pathogenesis of PD. We examined the frequency of polymorphic alleles of the PON1 and PON2 genes in a sample of caucasian subjects with PD. The frequency distribution of these genotypes did not differ significantly between patients and controls, including those who had reported exposure to pesticides.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 979-983 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Neural Transmission |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue number | 8-9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2000 |
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