We compared the neuropsychological performance of patients with Parkinson's disease who were young at onset of the disease (mean age, 41.4 years) and had received prolonged L-dopa treatment (mean, 52.1 months) with nontreated patients of the same age. A similar comparison was made for patients who w
A year's experience of L-DOPA in the treatment of Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by B. Guidetti; R. Giuffrè
- Publisher
- Springer Vienna
- Year
- 1971
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 376 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6268
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