[Protirelin tartrate. Evaluation of its effects on pyramidal-extrapyramidal rigidity in the aged during protracted treatment].
The authors describe a group of twenty elderly patients with pyramidal-extrapyramidal rigidity treated daily for three months with TRH-T. The incidence of side-effects was low and only one drop-out is reported. Most of the patients treated improved their scores on the NUDS Scale and Webster Scale.
Fonzari
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M
Divisione Neurologica, Ospedale S. Martino di Genova.
Fontanini
F
F
Monzeglio
R M
RM
Piola
P
P
Santiccioli
L
L
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001480:Basal Ganglia Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009127:Muscle Rigidity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013997:Time Factors
D013973:Thyrotropin-Releasing Hormone
La protirelina tartrato. Valutazione degli effetti sulla rigidità piramido-extrapiramidale dell'anziano in trattamento protratto.