## Abstract Levodopa (L‐dopa) administered with a dopadecarboxylase inhibitor (DDI) increases homocysteine plasma levels. This may support the onset of atherosclerosis‐related disorders and neuropsychiatric complications in patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). This homocysteine elevation is cons
Cysteine decrease following acute Levodopa intake in patients with Parkinson's disease
✍ Scribed by Thomas Müller; Siegfried Muhlack
- Book ID
- 116774211
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 264 KB
- Volume
- 521
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3940
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