Respiratory dysfunction due to L-dopa therapy for parkinsonism: diagnosis using serial pulmonary function tests and respiratory inductive plethysmography

Am J Med. 1990 Jul;89(1):109-14. doi: 10.1016/0002-9343(90)90109-q.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Carbidopa / adverse effects
  • Carbidopa / therapeutic use
  • Dyspnea / chemically induced
  • Humans
  • Levodopa / adverse effects*
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use
  • Lung Volume Measurements
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
  • Parkinson Disease / physiopathology
  • Plethysmography
  • Pulmonary Ventilation
  • Respiration Disorders / chemically induced*
  • Respiration Disorders / diagnosis
  • Respiration Disorders / physiopathology

Substances

  • Levodopa
  • Carbidopa