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Case Reports
. 1986;1(1):65-8.
doi: 10.1002/mds.870010109.

Preservation of the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus in a patient receiving levodopa (2 kg) plus decarboxylase inhibitor over a four-year period

N Quinn  1 , D Parkes, I Janota, C D Marsden
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Preservation of the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus in a patient receiving levodopa (2 kg) plus decarboxylase inhibitor over a four-year period

N Quinn et al. Mov Disord. 1986.

Abstract

A 72-year-old hypertensive man developed parkinsonism and was treated with Sinemet for 4 years but then died of a bronchial carcinoma. Necropsy revealed cerebrovascular disease and amyloid angiopathy. The substantia nigra and locus coeruleus were normal on light microscopy.

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