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Speech and voice response to a Levodopa challenge in late-stage Parkinson’s Dis...
Fabbri, Margherita; Guimarães, Isabel; Cardoso, Rita; Coelho, Miguel; Guedes, Leonor Correia; Rosa, Maria M.; Godinho, Catarina; Abreu, Daisy"Background: Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients are affected by hypokinetic dysarthria, characterized by hypophonia and dysprosody, which worsens with disease progression. Levodopa’s (l-dopa) effect on quality of speech is inconclusive; no data are currently available for late-stage PD (LSPD). Objective: To assess the modifications of speech and voice in LSPD following an acute l-dopa challenge. Method: LSPD pat...
Date: 2017
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Origin: Egas Moniz - Cooperativa de Ensino Superior, CRL