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| Title |
Intrajejunal Infusion of Levodopa-Carbidopa Gel Can Continuously Reduce the Severity of Dropped Head in Parkinson’s Disease
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Neurology, October 2017
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| DOI | 10.3389/fneur.2017.00547 |
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| Authors |
Hiroshi Kataoka, Yasuhiko Sawada, Tadashi Namizaki, Naotaka Shimozato, Hitoshi Yoshiji, Satoshi Ueno |
| Abstract |
Dropped head can occur in patients with Parkinson's disease and make their quality of life unpleasant because they cannot obtain a frontal view. The pathophysiologic involvement of dopamine agonist or central or peripheral mechanisms has been proposed. Levodopa therapy with the withdrawal of dopamine agonists was sometimes effective, but the effect in most patients did not persist for the entire day. We describe a patient with Parkinson's disease whose dropped head responded throughout the day to the continuous intrajejunal infusion of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG). During off-periods before treatment with LCIG, severe akinesia and freezing of gait were evident, and she could not continuously obtain a frontal view because of the dropped head. About 20 min after the intrajejunal infusion of LCIG, these features remarkably improved, and she could obtain a frontal view. The angle of dropped head was improved from 39.39 to 14.04°. This case suggests that infusion of LCIG can reduce the severity of dropped head for a longer period than oral levodopa. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 40 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 5 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 4 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 8% |
| Researcher | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 7 | 18% |
| Unknown | 14 | 35% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 13% |
| Neuroscience | 5 | 13% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 4 | 10% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 5% |
| Engineering | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 6 | 15% |
| Unknown | 16 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 October 2017.
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