Parkinsonian abnormality of foot strike: a phenomenon of ageing and/or one responsive to levodopa therapy?

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Published in Br J Clin Pharmacol on February 01, 1990

Authors

J R Hughes1, S G Bowes, A L Leeman, C J O'Neill, A A Deshmukh, P W Nicholson, S M Dobbs, R J Dobbs

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Molecular Rheumatology, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex.

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