The use of alternative therapies by patients with Parkinson's disease

Neurology

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 790-794

  Rajendran, Pam R ^c   Thompson, Richard E ^b   Reich, Stephen G ^a,d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035845719     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.57.5.790     Document Type: Article

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