The Parkinson's Disease Composite Scale Is Adequately Responsive to Acute Levodopa Challenge.

Dávid PintérPablo Martínez-Martín József Janszky Norbert Kovacs

Published in: Parkinson's disease (2019)

The PDCS can reliably and adequately respond to an acute levodopa challenge. Any improvements in PDCS motor scores exceeding the 14.6-18.5% threshold could represent a clinically relevant response to levodopa.

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