Awakenings

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Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients suffering from encephalitic Parkinsonism.

408 pages

English language

Published by Vintage Books.

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OCLC Number:
41096302

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Subjects
  • Case studies
  • Complications
  • Epidemic encephalitis
  • Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease
  • Therapeutic use
  • Dopa

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