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edited by D. B. Calne, 326 pp, $19.75, New York, Raven Press, 1974.

Richard D. Sweet, MD, Reviewer
New York

Arch Neurol. 1974;31(2):144.

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"Progress in the Treatment of Parkinsonism" is one of three volumes of the Advances in Neurology series, which are concerned with Parkinson disease. This third volume consists of papers presented at a symposium in January 1973 of European workers in the field. The editor comments that it was not intended as a basic text, but rather as an assessment of the state of the art.

The volume admirably fulfills its purpose. It is set in delightful perspective by the preliminary remarks of Dr. J. Purdon-Martin. Therapeutic and adverse effects of levodopa are discussed in specifics. Much attention is paid to the "on-off" effect and to the initial British work contrasting responses to levodopa of postencephalitic and idiopathic Parkinson disease. Results of chronic treatment are described in a brief article by Dr. Godwin-Austen, but a small number of patients is described and the chief benefit from this essay lies in the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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