| Literature DB >> 2714937 |
R Sandyk1.
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Two postmenopausal female Parkinsonian patients experienced exacerbation of symptoms including levodopa-induced "On-Off" following withdrawal or reduction of conjugated estrogen therapy. This report supports animal data implicating female sexual hormones in the pathophysiology of Parkinson's disease and levodopa-induced dyskinesias.Entities:
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Year: 1989 PMID: 2714937 DOI: 10.3109/00207458908986223
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Neurosci ISSN: 0020-7454 Impact factor: 2.292