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Case Reports
. 2004 Mar;160(3):352-3.
doi: 10.1016/s0035-3787(04)70913-3.

[Improvement in swallowing difficulties treated by subcutaneous apomorphine infusion after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease]

[Article in French]
M Bailbé  1 , B Bataille, J Paquereau, S Lavazais, P Vandermarcq, R Gil
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[Improvement in swallowing difficulties treated by subcutaneous apomorphine infusion after deep brain stimulation in Parkinson's disease]

[Article in French]
M Bailbé et al. Rev Neurol (Paris). 2004 Mar.

Abstract

In Parkinson's patients, swallowing difficulties may result in inhalation pneumonia, with a potentially serious prognosis. They may be revealed by withdrawal of L-dopa, especially after deep brain stimulation surgery. The following two cases illustrate the usefulness of apomorphine.

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