Association of a polymorphism in intron
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Costa, Paola; Checkoway, Harvey; Levy, Drew; Smith-Weller, Terri; Franklin, Gary
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Monoamine oxidase B (MAO -B ) is an enzyme that has relevance for Parkinson disease (PD) because of its roles in catabolizing dopamine and potentially activating exogenous neurotoxicants. A polymorphism of the gene encoding MAO-B has been identified as a single base change (A or G) in intron