Levodopa therapy improves motor function in HIV-infected children with extrapyramidal syndromes

Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1583-1585

  Mintz, M ^a,f   Tardieu, M ^b   Hoyt, L ^c   McSherry, G ^d   Mendelson, J ^e   Oleske, J ^d  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^e NEWARK BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Department of Anesthesiology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CD4 ANTIGEN; LEVODOPA; TRIFLUOPERAZINE; ZALCITABINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYMPTOM; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RIGIDITY;

EID: 0029730804     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.47.6.1583     Document Type: Article

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