Speech and Voice Response to a Levodopa Challenge in Late-Stage Parkinson’s Disease

Speech and Voice Response to a Levodopa Challenge in Late-Stage Parkinson’s Disease

BackgroundParkinson’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).ObjectiveT...

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Main Authors: Margherita Fabbri, Isabel Guimarães, Rita Cardoso, Miguel Coelho, Leonor Correia Guedes, Mario M. Rosa, Catarina Godinho, Daisy Abreu, Nilza Gonçalves, Angelo Antonini, Joaquim J. Ferreira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Parkinson’s disease
late stage
levodopa
speech
voice
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2017.00432/full

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