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Drug Evaluation

Clinical Management of Patients With Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Treated With Continuous Intestinal Infusion of levodopa/carbidopa

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Pages 187-202 | Received 17 Feb 2016, Accepted 15 Mar 2016, Published online: 14 Apr 2016

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