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. 2017 Aug;34(8):28-32.

Parkinsonism and Vitamin C Deficiency

Thomas M Brown  1
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Parkinsonism and Vitamin C Deficiency

Thomas M Brown. Fed Pract. 2017 Aug.

Abstract

Patients with vitamin C deficiencies and parkinsonism can show rapid improvement with vitamin C replacement therapy.

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Author disclosures The author reports no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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