Case of the Frozen Addicts : How the Solution of a Medical Mystery Revolutionized the Understanding of Parkinson's Disease.

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<![CDATA[In the summer of 1982, hospital emergency rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area were suddenly confronted with mysteriously "frozen" patients - young men and women who, though conscious, could neither move nor speak. Doctors were baffled, until neurologist J. William Langston, rec...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Langston, J. W.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: IOS Press, 2013.
Temas:
Parkinson's disease > Case studies.
Methylphenyltetrahydropyridine > Physiological effect.
Designer drugs > Toxicology.
Fetal tissues > Transplantation > Case studies.
Parkinson's disease > Animal models.
Maladie de Parkinson > Études de cas.
Méthylphényltétrahydropyridine > Effets physiologiques.
Drogues de confection > Toxicologie.
Fœtus > Tissus > Greffe > Études de cas.
Maladie de Parkinson > Modèles animaux.
Designer drugs > Toxicology
Fetal tissues > Transplantation
Methylphenyltetrahydropyridine > Physiological effect
Parkinson's disease
Parkinson's disease > Animal models
Case studies
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Sumario:<![CDATA[In the summer of 1982, hospital emergency rooms in the San Francisco Bay Area were suddenly confronted with mysteriously "frozen" patients - young men and women who, though conscious, could neither move nor speak. Doctors were baffled, until neurologist J. William Langston, recognizing the symptoms of advanced Parkinson's disease, administered L-dopa - the only known effective treatment - and "unfroze" his patient. Dr. Langston determined that this patient and five others had all used the same tainted batch of synthetic heroin, inadvertently laced with a toxin that had destroyed an ar.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
ISBN:1306460883
9781306460880

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