Treatment of Parkinson's disease in South Africa and investigation of risk factors causing dyskinesias

Background: Levodopa is still thought of as the 'gold standard' symptomatic treatment for Parkinson’s disease. However, after four to five years of treatment, levodopa efficacy tends to decline even if there was a good initial therapeutic response. The ideal treatment of Parkinson’s diseas...

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Main Author: Gaida, Razia
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1012466