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L-Dopa and Parkinsonism

Nature volume 226, pages 21–24 (1970)Cite this article

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This new treatment for an old disease has its origins in pharmacological research of the late 1950s. There is still not full agreement about how L-dopa functions in the nervous system, but, as this review shows, there is ample evidence to support the clinical work in progress since 1961.

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CALNE, D., SANDLER, M. L-Dopa and Parkinsonism. Nature 226, 21–24 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/226021a0

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