Fava beans and Parkinson's disease: Useful 'natural supplement' or useless risk?

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Di Rocco, A ^a   Raguthu, L ^a   Varanese, S ^a,b   Flancbaum, L ^d   Tayler, E ^c  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c LAKE ERIE COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHIC MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Ashkenazi; Favism; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; RASAGILINE; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FAVISM; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; VICIA FABA;

FAVISM; HUMANS; JEWS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYTOTHERAPY; VICIA FABA;

EID: 70349249654     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02766.x     Document Type: Letter

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