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The association of erectile dysfunction (ED) and cardiovascular disease is well-documented in the literature and both conditions share risk factors. Therefore, it is difficult to distinguish the effect of underlying disease and adverse effects of the drugs and/or interactions between ED drugs and
We have studied the effects of unilateral ventral medial pallidotomy in 26 patients with medically intractable Parkinson's disease with marked drug-induced dyskinesias. Preoperatively, all patients were assessed during one 5-day admission according to the Core Assessment Programme for Intracerebral
BACKGROUND
Barium enema (BE) examinations for the investigation of suspected colonic disease are often unsuccessful in elderly patients.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the success rate of BE in hospitalized frail elderly patients.
METHODS
Four hundred and seventy-two elderly
This is case report of a young adult male who had developed Parkinsonism symptoms shortly after severe head injury due to accidental fall. This 45-year-old man was diagnosed as multiple hemorrhagic contusions, sub arachnoid hemorrhage and linear skull fracture. After 4 weeks of fall, he developed
OBJECTIVE
To test the efficacy, tolerance, and safety of low-dose oral estrogen in postmenopausal women with PD associated with motor fluctuations.
BACKGROUND
Motor fluctuations in PD may be predictable or unpredictable, and eventually affect most patients after long-term levodopa therapy. Although
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders, which affects more than six million people in the world. While current available pharmacological therapies for PD in the early stages of the disease usually improve motor symptoms, they cause side effects, such as
Severe dyskinesias or ballism can occur following hemorrhagic events in the subthalamic nucleus (STN), and it has recently been established that the STN plays a major role in the pathophysiology of the motor dysfunction of Parkinson's disease (PD) and that STN inhibition improves parkinsonian