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Active Pyruvate Dehydrogenase In Platelets From Friedreich's Ataxia Patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

A. Filla ,
R.F. Butterworth  and
A. Barbeau
A. Filla
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
R.F. Butterworth
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
A. Barbeau*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Clinical Research Institute of Montreal
*
Clinical Research Institute of Montreal, 110 Pine Avenue West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2W 1R7
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Pyruvate dehydrogenase (PDH) activity was measured in platelets from 10 patients with Friedreich's ataxia, and 10 age-matched healthy control subjects. Both total PDH and active PDH activity were measured. There were no significant differences between the two groups.

Type
Quebec Cooperative Study of Friedreich's Ataxia
Information
Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences , Volume 7 , Issue 4 , November 1980 , pp. 417 - 419
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1980

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