Association of L-DOPA with recovery following Ayurveda medication in Parkinson's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 124-127

  Nagashayana, N ^a,b   Sankarankutty, P ^a   Nampoothiri, M R V ^a   Mohan, P K ^b   Mohanakumar, K P ^c  

^a Department of Kayachikitsa   (India)

^b SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c Laboratory of Neurochemistry   (India)

Author keywords

Efficacy of Ayurveda treatment; Herbal medicine; Hyoscyamus reticulatus; Mucuna pruriens; Parkinson's disease; Sida cordifolia; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

HERBACEOUS AGENT; LEVODOPA; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA EXTRACT;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERSALIVATION; MILK; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LEVODOPA; MALE; MEDICINE, AYURVEDIC; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034659162     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(00)00329-4     Document Type: Article

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