Harbinger of storm: influence of Oliver Sacks on levodopa therapy in early 1970s
ABSTRACT Most known by his literary ability, the words of the neurologist Oliver Sacks (1933-2015) also had an impact on scientific community about the role of levodopa on parkinsonisms. Different from the most authors and based on his experience described on the book “Awakenings”, he had a pessimis...
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| Language: | English |
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Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO)
2016-08-01
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| Series: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2016000800687&lng=en&tlng=en |