408 Seiten
Sprache: English
Veröffentlicht von Vintage Books.
Awakenings
von Oliver Sacks
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Describes the author's work with institutionalized patients at Mount Carmel Hospital and the dramatic effects of the drug L-DOPA on twenty patients suffering from encephalitic Parkinsonism.
Themen
- Case studies
- Complications
- Epidemic encephalitis
- Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease
- Therapeutic use
- Dopa