%0 Journal Article
%T Dysphagia Causes Symptom Fluctuations after Oral L-DOPA Treatment in a Patient with Parkinson Disease
%A Hiromasa Sato
%A Masako Sato
%A Miho Murata
%A Toshiyuki Yamamoto
%A Yoshihiko Furusawa
%J Archive of "Case Reports in Neurology".
%D 2018
%R 10.1159/000488138
%X The causes of ˇ°delayed-onˇ± and ˇ°no-onˇ± phenomena in Parkinson disease (PD) are thought to have some impact on the progress of L-DOPA from the time of ingestion until it reaches the brain and is converted to dopamine. Dysphagia can cause fluctuating symptom expression in L-DOPA therapy for PD
%K Parkinson disease
%K No-on phenomenon
%K Gastrointestinal tract
%K Pharmacologic actions
%K Rehabilitation
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5903165/