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Improvement of Primary Writing Tremor in Parkinson’s Disease with Carbidopa/Levodopa Cover

Improvement of Primary Writing Tremor in Parkinson’s Disease with Carbidopa/Levodopa

Tremor and Other Hyperkinetic Movements
Volume 5 (2015): Issue 0
By: James P. Battista and  Paul E. Greene  
Open Access
|Oct 2015

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Initial Examination Displays Rest Tremor on the Right Greater than Left and Bradykinesia Bilaterally Greater on the Left. The task of writing is tremulous and with locked wrist the handwriting improves. After initiation of carbidopa/levodopa 25/100 two tablets three times a day, there was improvement in bradykinesia as well as tremor reduction in handwriting.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/tohm.277 | Journal eISSN: 2160-8288
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Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 12, 2015
Accepted on: Sep 25, 2015
Published on: Oct 22, 2015
Published by: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
Keywords:
Primary writing tremor,
Parkinson’s disease,
levodopa

© 2015 James P. Battista, Paul E. Greene, published by Columbia University Libraries/Information Services
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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