Duodopa infusion treatment: A point of view from the gastroenterologist

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 325-327

  Negreanu, Lucian ^a   Popescu, Bogdan Ovidiu ^a   Babiuc, Ruxandra Doina ^a   Ene, Amalia ^a   Bajenaru, Ovidiu Alexandru ^a   Smarandache, Gabriel C ^a  

^a CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Complications; Duodopa; PEG gastrostomy

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DEATH; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROENTEROLOGY; HUMAN; INFUSION SYSTEM; JEJUNOSTOMY TUBE; MALE; NEUROMONITORING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE REMOVAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CARBIDOPA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GELS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 80053515737     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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