Pathologic Laughing and Crying Treated With Levodopa

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1984, Pages 1095-1096

  Udaka, Fukashi ^a   Yamao, Satoshi ^a   Nagata, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Sigenobu ^a   Kameyama, Masakuni ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; AMANTADINE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; LEVODOPA;

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYING; DIAGNOSIS; DRUG THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; GELASTIC SEIZURE; HUMAN; PATHOLOGICAL LAUGHTER; THERAPY;

AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; BRAIN DISEASES; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAUGHTER; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0021171930     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.1984.04050210093023     Document Type: Article

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