LEVODOPA THERAPY IN STRIATONIGRAL DEGENERATION
โ Scribed by Andrews, JohnM.
- Book ID
- 123572200
- Publisher
- The Lancet
- Year
- 1972
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 165 KB
- Volume
- 300
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0140-6736
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Striatonigral degeneration (SND) represents a subtype of multiple system atrophy (MSA) clinically dominated by poor levodopa-responsive parkinsonism and variably associated with any combination of autonomic, pyramidal, or cerebellar symptoms and signs.' Many patients display tremor with superimposed
We measured the total content of iron, copper, zinc and manganese in the putamen of four patients with striatonigral degeneration (SND) and age- and gender-matched normal controls. The iron content in the SND patients was five times greater than in the controls. Electron microscopic histochemistry r