Motor benefit from levodopa in spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy

Annals of Neurology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 662-665

  Brunstrom, Janice E ^a   Bastian, Amy J ^a   Wong, Michael ^a   Mink, Jonathan W ^a  

^a ST LOUIS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA;

ADOLESCENT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CEREBRAL PALSY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CEREBRAL PALSY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MOTOR SKILLS; QUADRIPLEGIA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0034101596     PISSN: 03645134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8249(200005)47:5<662::AID-ANA18>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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