TY - JOUR
T1 - Improvement of Parkinsonian features correlate with high plasma levodopa values after broad bean (Vicia faba) consumption
AU - Rabey, J. M.
AU - Vered, Y.
AU - Shabtai, H.
AU - Graff, E.
AU - Korczyn, A. D.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - Five healthy volunteers and six patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ate 250 g cooked broad beans after 12 hours without treatment. During the next four hours a substantial clinical improvement was noted, three patients showed severe dyskinesias, and plasma levodopa concentrations rose.
AB - Five healthy volunteers and six patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) ate 250 g cooked broad beans after 12 hours without treatment. During the next four hours a substantial clinical improvement was noted, three patients showed severe dyskinesias, and plasma levodopa concentrations rose.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0026787966&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1136/jnnp.55.8.725
DO - 10.1136/jnnp.55.8.725
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AN - SCOPUS:0026787966
VL - 55
SP - 725
EP - 727
JO - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
JF - Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry
SN - 0022-3050
IS - 8
ER -
