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HUNTINGTON'S CHOREA: THE RIGID FORM (WESTPHAL VARIANT) TREATED WITH LEVODOPA
Author(s) -
Low P. A.,
Allsop J. L.,
Halmagyi G. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1974.tb47770.x
Subject(s) - chorea , levodopa , psychiatry , psychology , medicine , neuroscience , pediatrics , parkinson's disease , disease
A case of the rigid form of Huntington's chorea is described. Treatment with levodopa provided negligible benefit, and led to severe psychiatric deterioration.