Why the study?
Does Parkinson's medication improve autonomic dysfunction in chronically treated patients with Parkinson's disease?
Population
31 chronically treated patients with Parkinson's disease
Comparison
Parkinson's disease medication vs Spouse-controls and patients' own pre-medication…
Design
Case-control
Authors
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Medication resolves sudomotor/vasomotor but not cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in PD; leaves open domain-specific therapy needs.
Does Parkinson's medication improve autonomic dysfunction in chronically treated patients with Parkinson's disease?
In chronically treated Parkinson's disease patients, medication resolves sudomotor and vasomotor abnormalities but does not improve cardiovascular autonomic reflex dysfunction.
Goetz et al. (1986) studied this question.
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