title: Electrogastrographyc activity in Parkinson's disease patients with and without motor fluctuations.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Gastroenteric dysfunctions are very common in Parkinson's disease, but their relationship with dopaminergic response and motor fluctuations is still unclear. Electrogastrography is a noninvasive method for measuring gastric myoelectrical activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  We evaluated the effects of levodopa intake on the motility of empty stomachs in Parkinson's disease patients with and without motor fluctuations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The electrogastrography findings showed a normal pattern not influenced by levodopa intake, unrelated to plasmatic levodopa concentrations and to clinical parameters.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our results suggest that at rest gastric activity of Parkinson's disease patients is normal and plasmatic levodopa variability is not influenced by gastric motility.
authors: Division of Neurology and Neurorehabilitation, San Giuseppe Hospital, IRCCS-Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Piancavallo (VB), Italy.
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