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Susceptibility to Cold in Newborns of Levodopa-treated Rats

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LEVODOPA was developed for treating diseases of late maturrity1,2, but it is now being administered for diseases that occur during the child-bearing age3. Questions have arisen therefore about its effect on offspring. Observations were made on the offspring of rats treated with levodopa before mating or during gestation. Control mothers were treated with saline.

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  2. Departments of Nuclear Medicine and Pathology, Catholic University, Santiago

    GILBERTO LÓPEZ, KAZUKO HORIUCHI & HECTOR CROXATTO jun.

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MENA, I., LÓPEZ, G., HORIUCHI, K. et al. Susceptibility to Cold in Newborns of Levodopa-treated Rats. Nature 239, 285–287 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239285a0

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