The Val158Met COMT polymorphism is a modifier of the age at onset in Parkinson's disease with a sexual dimorphism

The catechol-O-methyltranferase (COMT) is one of the main enzymes that metabolise dopamine in the brain. The Val158Met polymorphism in the COMT gene (rs4680) causes a trimodal distribution of high (Val/Val), intermediate (Val/Met) and low (Met/Met) enzyme activity. We tested whether the Val158Met po...

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Autores principales: Klebe, Stephan, Golmard, Jean-Louis, Nalls, Michael A, Saad, Mohamad, Singleton, Andrew B, Bras, Jose M, Hardy, John, Simon-Sanchez, Javier, Heutink, Peter, Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor, Charfi, Rim, Klein, Christine, Hagenah, Johann, Gasser, Thomas, Wurster, Isabel, Lesage, Suzanne, Lorenz, Delia, Deuschl, Günther, Durif, Franck, Pollak, Pierre, Damier, Philippe, Tison, François, Durr, Alexandra, Amouyel, Philippe, Lambert, Jean-Charles, Tzourio, Christophe, Maubaret, Cécilia, Charbonnier-Beaupel, Fanny, Tahiri, Khadija, Vidailhet, Marie, Martinez, Maria, Brice, Alexis, Corvol, Jean-Christophe
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2013
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Movement Disorders
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3646288/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23408064
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jnnp-2012-304475

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