Igbokwe E, Ogunniyi AO, Osuntokun BO. Xenobiotic metabolism in idiopathic Parkinson's disease in Nigerian Africans.
EAST AFRICAN MEDICAL JOURNAL 1993;
70:807-809. [PMID:
8026358]
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Abstract
The acetylator phenotype using sulphadimidine as a probe drug was studied in 20 idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) patients and 21 control subjects. 10(50%) of the IPD patients belonged to the slow acetylator phenotype but this did not differ significantly from the proportion 7 (33%) of control subjects who were slow acetylators. The result does not suggest a role for acetylation in the aetiopathogenesis of IPD in Nigerian African.
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