## Abstract The impact of motor complications of Parkinson's disease (PD), especially levodopaβinduced dyskinesias, on quality of life (QL) was studied in 143 patients with PD. All were evaluated on the Hoehn and Yahr (H&Y) scale, and the Motor part of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (
Motor complications of Parkinson's disease
β Scribed by E. Martignoni; G. Riboldazzi; D. Calandrella; N. Riva
- Publisher
- Springer Milan
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 33 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1590-1874
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