Sex-dependent association of urate on the patterns of striatal dopamine depletion in Parkinson's disease.
Kyoungwon BaikSeok Jong ChungHan Soo YooYang Hyun LeeJin Ho JungY H SohnP H LeePublished in: European journal of neurology (2020)
The present study demonstrated the potentially close sex-specific relationship between the serum UA levels and the anterior-posterior gradient of DAT patterns, suggesting a sex-specific protective effect of UA on nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons in de novo PD.