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Sex differences in clinical and genetic determinants of levodopa peak-dose dyskinesias in Parkinson disease: an exploratory study.
Archives of neurology - 1 Apr 2005
Zappia Mario, Annesi Grazia, Nicoletti Giuseppe, Arabia Gennarina, Annesi Ferdinanda, Messina Demetrio, Pugliese Pierfrancesco, Spadafora Patrizia, Tarantino Patrizia, Carrideo Sara, Civitelli Donatella, De Marco Elvira V, Cirò-Candiano Innocenza C, Gambardella Antonio, Quattrone Aldo
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BACKGROUND: Several factors, both clinical and genetic, may account for the risk of developing levodopa-induced peak-dose dyskinesias (PDD) in patients with Parkinson disease, but it is unclear how these factors interact for modulating the individual susceptibility for PDD. OBJECTIVE: To examine clinical and genetic risk factors for determining individual susceptibility of PDD in patients with Parkinson disease....
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