RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Improvement of parkinsonian features correlate with high plasma levodopa values after broad bean (Vicia faba) consumption.
JF Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
JO J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 725
OP 727
DO 10.1136/jnnp.55.8.725
VO 55
IS 8
A1 J M Rabey
A1 Y Vered
A1 H Shabtai
A1 E Graff
A1 A D Korczyn
YR 1992
UL http://jnnp.bmj.com/content/55/8/725.abstract
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.