RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Levodopa and Huntington's chorea
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 958
OP 961
DO 10.1136/jnnp.39.10.958
VO 39
IS 10
A1 C. Loeb
A1 G. Roccatagliata
A1 G. La Medica
A1 G. Abbruzzese
A1 C. Albano
YR 1976
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/39/10/958.abstract
AB Two patients with Huntington's chorea are reported whose psychiatric and neurological symptoms greatly improved after treatment with L-dopa. In both cases the basal values of CSF HVA were markedly decreased, being increased by the treatment with L-dopa.