Levodopa addiction in idiopathic Parkinson disease

Neurology

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1508-

  Borek, Leora L ^a,b   Friedman, Joseph H ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DYSKINESIA; HUMAN; MALE; PARANOIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

EID: 27644478635     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000183147.59483.ab     Document Type: Article

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