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janet paterson wrote: > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. > http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 > http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/Y2SolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > Levodopa pharmacokinetics and dyskinesias: are there sex-related > differences? > > We examined the potential sex-related differences in levodopa > pharmacokinetics and their relation with the presence of dyskinesias in > a group of 115 patients (67 men, 49 women) with Parkinson's disease. > > The patients were given a standard oral dose of levodopa plus > benserazide (100/25 mg). > > The area under the levodopa plasma concentration time curve, corrected > for the levodopa test dose (in mg/kg body weight), (AUC(w)) was > significantly higher in women than in men, with a reduced oral > clearance. > > No difference in the proportion of men and women experiencing > dyskinesias was observed. > > Neurol Sci. 2003 Oct;24(3):192-3. > Martinelli P, Contin M, Scaglione C, et al. > Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Universita di Bologna, Bologna, > Italy. > PMID: 14598082 > > janet paterson > a new voice http://www.janetpaterson.net/ > pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 > an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > *** to unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to: mailto:[log in to unmask] *** > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ -- janet paterson a new voice http://www.janetpaterson.net/ pd: 56-41-37 cd: 56-44-43 tel: 613-256-8340 an akinetic rigid subtype, albeit primarily perky, parky ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn