Long-term 24-h levodopa/carbidopa gel infusion in Parkinson's disease

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1000-1001

  Busk, Karin ^a   Nyholm, Dag ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

24 H; Around the clock; Intestinal infusion; Levodopa carbidopa; Parkinson disease; Sleep

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CYANOCOBALAMIN; LEVODOPA;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSKINESIA; DYSTONIA; EVENING DOSAGE; FEMALE; GEL; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSORIMOTOR NEUROPATHY; SLEEP QUALITY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARBIDOPA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865580415     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2012.04.010     Document Type: Letter

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