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ArticleParkinson's disease2018

Serum Homocysteine Level in Parkinson's Disease and Its Association with Duration, Cardinal Manifestation, and Severity of Disease.

Payam Saadat, Alijan Ahmadi Ahangar, Seyed Ehsan Samaei, Alireza Firozjaie, Fatemeh Abbaspour, Sorrayya Khafri, Azam Khoddami

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Article in Parkinson's disease, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Homocysteine increases phosphorylation and aggregation of α-synuclein.Journal of clinical biochemistry and nutrition · 2026
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  10. Homocysteine fibrillar assemblies display cross-talk with Alzheimer's disease β-amyloid polypeptide.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Payam SaadatMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Alijan Ahmadi AhangarMobility Impairment Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7597-9004
Seyed Ehsan SamaeiSocial Determinants of Health Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-3152-7062
Alireza FirozjaieCellular and Molecular Biology Research Center, Health Research Institute, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Fatemeh AbbaspourClinical Research Development Center, Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Sorrayya KhafriDepartment of Statistic and Epidmiology, School of Medicine, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.ORCID 0000-0002-2398-7560
Azam KhoddamiClinical Research Development Center, Ayatollah Rohani Hospital, Babol University of Medical Sciences, Babol, Iran.
Babol University of Medical Sciences · IR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background and purposeDue to the high prevalence of Parkinson's disease (PD) in the elderly, a large financial burden is imposed on the families and health systems of countries in addition to the problems related to the mobility impairment caused by the disease for the patients. Studies on controversial issues in this disease are taken into consideration, and one of these cases is the role of serum homocysteine level in Parkinson's patients. In this study, the serum level of homocysteine and its association with various variables in relation to this disease was compared with healthy individuals. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this study, 100 patients with PD and 100 healthy individuals as control group were investigated. Serum homocysteine level and demographic and clinical data were included in the checklist. Data were analyzed by SPSS version 23. In all tests, the significance level was below 0.05.

resultsThe mean level of serum homocysteine in case and control groups was 14.93 ± 8.30 and 11.52 ± 2.86

conclusionIncreasing serum homocysteine level elevates the rate to having PD. Serum homocysteine levels did not have any relationship with the duration of the disease, type of cardinal manifestation, and the severity of Parkinson's disease.

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