T h e treatment of a disease may spring from an understanding of the underlying etiology of that disease, or it may arise less directly. For instance, the use of L-dopa in the treatment of Parkinson's disease arose from the finding of deficient dopamine levels in the brains o f Parkinsonian patients
Clinical trials in neuromuscular disease
โ Scribed by Dr. Theodore L. Munsat
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0148-639X
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