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Chapter 7 - Oral and infusion levodopa therapy in the management of Parkinson's disease

from Section I - The Pharmacological Basis for Parkinson's Disease Treatment

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2016

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M. Angela Cenci-Nilsson  and
Per Odin
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Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez ,
Hubert H. Fernandez ,
Alberto J. Espay  and
Susan H. Fox
Néstor Gálvez-Jiménez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Florida
Hubert H. Fernandez
Affiliation:
Cleveland Clinic, Ohio
Alberto J. Espay
Affiliation:
University of Cincinnati
Susan H. Fox
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Toronto Western Hospital
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Parkinson's Disease
Current and Future Therapeutics and Clinical Trials
 , pp. 63 - 75
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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