PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J M Rabey
AU  - Y Vered
AU  - H Shabtai
AU  - E Graff
AU  - A D Korczyn
TI  - Improvement of parkinsonian features correlate with high plasma levodopa values after broad bean (Vicia faba) consumption.
AID  - 10.1136/jnnp.55.8.725
DP  - 1992 Aug 01
TA  - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
PG  - 725--727
VI  - 55
IP  - 8
4099  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/55/8/725.short
4100  - http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/55/8/725.full
SO  - J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry1992 Aug 01; 55
AB  - Five healthy volunteers and six patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ate 250 g cooked broad beans after 12 hours without treatment. During the next four hours a substantial clinical improvement was noted, three patients showed severe dyskinesias, and plasma levodopa concentrations rose.