Early descriptions of Parkinson disease in ancient China

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 782-784

  Zhang, Zhen Xin ^a   Dong, Zhen Hua ^a   Román, Gustavo C ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME B; ANGELICA ROOT; ASTRAGALUS EXTRACT; ATRACTYLODES EXTRACT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DOPAMINE; GINGER EXTRACT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENT; PAEONIA RADIX; PLANT EXTRACT; SCOPOLAMINE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CHINA; CHINESE MEDICINE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG EFFECT; GASTRODIA; GENTIAN; GLYCYRRHIZA; HUMAN; MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PILL; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TUBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREMOR;

EID: 33646401358     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: 15383687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.63.5.782     Document Type: Review

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