Levodopa in the treatment of Parkinson's
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C. Warren Olanow; Yves Agid; Yoshi Mizuno; Alberto Albanese; U. Bonucelli; Phili
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Article
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2004
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Levodopa is the most effective symptomatic agent in the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) and the “gold standard” against which new agents must be compared. However, there remain two areas of controversy: (1) whether levodopa is toxic, and (2) whether levodopa directly causes motor