Apraxia of eyelid opening might be critical for levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel treatment

Apraxia of eyelid opening (AEO) has been associated with levodopa. It has also been linked to impaired function of the frontal lobe, with the dopaminergic neuron projected to the frontal lobe. However, dopaminergic treatment for AEO is still controversial. Here we describe two patients with both Par...

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Main Authors: Hiroshi Kataoka, Yasuhiko Sawada, Naotaka Shimozato, Shinichiro Inatomi, Naohiko Iguchi, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Kazuma Sugie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590112520300414