## Levodopa in Pregnancy To the Editor: We report a 27-year-old who had previously undergone chemotherapy and radiotherapy for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1988 (1). She subsequently developed a progressive levodopa-responsive Parkinsonian syndrome and began treatment with co-careldopa (Sinemet Plus
Parkinsonism induced by solvent abuse
✍ Scribed by Dr. Ryan J. Uitti; Barry J. Snow; Hitoshi Shinotoh; Francois J. G. Vingerhoets; Margo Hayward; Stanley Hashimoto; John Richmond; Sanford P. Markey; Carol J. Markey; Donald B. Calne
- Book ID
- 101468122
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 481 KB
- Volume
- 35
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-5134
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