Tolcapone improves motor function and reduces levodopa requirement in patients with Parkinson's disease experiencing motor fluctuations: A multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-87

  Kurth, M C ^a   Adler, C H ^b   St Hilaire, M ^c   Singer, C ^d   Waters, C ^e   LeWitt, P ^f   Chernik, D A ^h   Dorflinger, E E ^g   Yoo, K ^g  

^a BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SINAI GRACE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^h Section of Movement Disorders ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; LEVODOPA; TOLCAPONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 0031028464     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.1.81     Document Type: Article

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