LEVODOPA FAILURE IN CHRONIC MANGANISM

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作者
LU, CS
HUANG, CC
CHU, NS
CALNE, DB
机构
[1] CHANG GUNG MEM HOSP,TAIPEI 10591,TAIWAN
[2] UNIV BRITISH COLUMBIA,CTR NEURODEGENERAT DISORDERS,VANCOUVER,BC,CANADA
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10.1212/WNL.44.9.1600
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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We report a placebo-controlled study of levodopa in four patients with extrapyramidal deficits caused by chronic manganese intoxication. Their parkinsonism and dystonia had progressed slowly over a period of 5 years after they left the site of exposure. Initially the patients appeared to respond to levodopa in open observations, but this apparent benefit was not sustained. This short-term, double-blind study indicates that their parkinsonism and dystonia failed to respond to levodopa.
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