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lifeskim:mentions | |
pubmed:issue |
5
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pubmed:dateCreated |
1976-7-6
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pubmed:abstractText |
The clinical course and the side effects of high-level levodopa therapy over a six-year period were studied in 80 severely akinetic parkinsonian patients treated for the first time before June 1968. Levodopa improved the quality of life in greater than 53% of patients, but failed to modify the progression of the disease or change the prognosis. Seventeen "idiopathic Parkinson" patients died after a duration of illness of 9.5 years. Despite the drawbacks, levodopa is still the best available treatment for akinetic parkinsonism.
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pubmed:language |
eng
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pubmed:journal | |
pubmed:citationSubset |
AIM
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pubmed:chemical | |
pubmed:status |
MEDLINE
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pubmed:month |
May
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pubmed:issn |
0003-9942
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pubmed:author | |
pubmed:issnType |
Print
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pubmed:volume |
33
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pubmed:owner |
NLM
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pubmed:authorsComplete |
Y
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pubmed:pagination |
333-8
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pubmed:dateRevised |
2009-10-27
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pubmed:meshHeading |
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Activities of Daily Living,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Drug Evaluation,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Female,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Humans,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Levodopa,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Long-Term Care,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Male,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Middle Aged,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Movement Disorders,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Parkinson Disease,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Patient Dropouts,
pubmed-meshheading:817698-Prognosis
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pubmed:year |
1976
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pubmed:articleTitle |
Six years of high-level levodopa therapy in severely akinetic parkinsonian patients.
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pubmed:publicationType |
Journal Article
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