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BACKGROUND:Patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) and chronically treated with L-DOPA exhibit, in a percentage of 10-30%, supra-physiological levels of plasma total homocysteinemia (tHcy). In this study, we have investigated, in a group of hyper-homocysteinemic PD patients, the time of hyper-tHcy recurrence after discontinuation of 1-month folate supplementation given to normalize plasma tHcy levels. METHODS:Plasma tHcy, cobalamin and folate were assayed before and after 1-month folate supplementation (5 mg/day), and after 2 and 4 months after folate discontinuation in 29 PD patients (16M/13F, mean age 69.4 +/- 6.9 years) stabilized on a mean L-DOPA dose of 509.4 +/- 312.1 mg/day. RESULTS:After folate supplementation, plasma tHcy levels fell within the normal range in all patients. At the 2-month control after folate discontinuation, plasma tHcy remained within physiological values in 25 out of 29 patients. Conversely, 4 months after folate discontinuation, all patients exhibited hyper-tHcy. CONCLUSIONS:One-month intake of 5 mg/day folate normalizes plasma tHcy levels in all hyper-homocysteinemic PD patients. Following folate discontinuation, hyper-tHcy recurs in all patients within 4 months. Knowledge of this time interval is useful to optimize pulses of folate therapy in hyper-homocysteinemic patients with PD.
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Eur J Neuroljournal_title
European journal of neurologyauthors
Belcastro V,Pierguidi L,Castrioto A,Menichetti C,Gorgone G,Ientile R,Pisani F,Rossi A,Calabresi P,Tambasco Ndoi
10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02894.xsubject
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2010-05-01 00:00:00pages
661-5issue
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1351-5101issn
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ENE2894journal_volume
17pub_type
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