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. 1989;1(4):255-61.
doi: 10.1007/BF02263479.

Platelet monoamine oxidase-B activity in Parkinson's disease

G B Steventon  1 , S G Sturman, M T Heafield, R H Waring, J Napier, A C Williams
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Platelet monoamine oxidase-B activity in Parkinson's disease

G B Steventon et al. J Neural Transm Park Dis Dement Sect. 1989.

Abstract

Platelet MAO-B levels have been investigated in seventeen consecutively diagnosed and previously untreated patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease using the non-hydroxylated catecholamine, beta-phenylethylamine, as substrate. Patients with Parkinson's disease had MAO-B activity levels that were considerably higher than sex and age matched normal controls or patients with Motor neurone disease or Myasthenia gravis.

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