Malignant melanoma and levodopa in Parkinson's disease: causality or coincidence?
β Scribed by Katherine H Fiala; Jacqueline Whetteckey; Bala V Manyam
- Book ID
- 117751886
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 99 KB
- Volume
- 9
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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## Abstract The available epidemiological data on the incidence of malignant melanoma in Parkinson's disease are contradictory. The role of levodopa therapy in this context has been debated. We identified all known cases of malignant melanoma (N = 5) in the DATATOP clinical trial cohort and compare