Dietary herb extract rikkunshi-to ameliorates gastroparesis in Parkinson's disease: A pilot study

European Neurology

Volumn 71, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 193-195

  Doi, Hirokazu ^a   Sakakibara, Ryuji ^b   Sato, Mitsutoshi ^a   Hirai, Shigekazu ^a   Masaka, Tohru ^a   Kishi, Masahiko ^a   Tsuyusaki, Yohei ^a   Tateno, Akihiko ^a   Tateno, Fuyuki ^a   Takahashi, Osamu ^a   Ogata, Tsuyoshi ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gastric emptying; Gastroparesis; Levodopa; Parkinson's disease; Rikkunshi to

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID C 13; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBON 13; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; HERBACEOUS AGENT; RIKKUNSHI TO HERB EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACETIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENT; RIKKUNSHI TO EXRACT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BITTER TASTE; BREATH ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PARESIS; TIME TO MAXIMUM PLASMA CONCENTRATION; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; BLOATING; DRUG EFFECT; LOSS OF APPETITE;

AGED; BREATH TESTS; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROPARESIS; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84892747615     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: 14219913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355608     Document Type: Article

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