- Metabolite
- HMDB0001475 (Zirconium)
- Biospecimen
- Blood
- Status
- Detected and Quantified
- Data source
- Referenced
- Concentration
- 0.00099 +/- 0.00077 uM
- Age
- Elderly (>65 years old)
- Sex
- Both
- Condition
- Parkinson's disease
Comments
Seventy-one patients (53 males and 18 females); 65.5 +/- 9.4 years of age with a mean duration of the disease of 4.62 +/- 4.50 yrs and a Hoehn and Yahr phase range of 1-3. Approximately 25% of patients were not undergoing treatment with antiparkinsonian drugs, while the remaining patients were being treated with dopaminergic agonists, L dopa or a combination of both; measured in serum.
References
- Forte G, Alimonti A, Pino A, Stanzione P, Brescianini S, Brusa L, Sancesario G, Violante N, Bocca B: Metals and oxidative stress in patients with Parkinson's disease. Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2005;41(2):189-95. [PubMed:16244392 ]