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Clinical and pharmacogenetic determinants for the discontinuation of non-ergoline dopamine agonists in Parkinson's disease.
European journal of clinical pharmacology - 1 Dec 2009
Arbouw Maurits E L, Movig Kris L L, Egberts Toine C G, Poels Petra J E, van Vugt Jeroen P P, Wessels Judith A M, van der Straaten R J H M, Neef Cees, Guchelaar Henk-Jan
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To identify determinants for the discontinuation of non-ergoline dopamine agonist (DA) treatment in patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and to identify genetic determinants in genes encoding dopamine receptor (DR)D2 and DRD3 in a exploratory analysis. METHODS: Patients included were first-time users of the non-ergoline DA ropinirole or pramipexole who had been diagnosed with PD before 2005....
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