Levodopa Challenge: Sensitivity and Specificity
Introduction:
None written. Excerpt from the entry in Parkinson's Disease:
250/50 mg of L-dopa-carbidopa for an improvement of 30% on UPDRS score. At 24 month follow-up, they were re-tested with 1 g for 1 month when required. At this point, clinical criteria of the U.K. Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank were applied and definitive clinical diagnosis of PD was made.
250/50 mg of L-dopa-carbidopa for an improvement of 30% on UPDRS score. At 24 month follow-up, they were re-tested with 1 g for 1 month when required. At this point, clinical criteria of the U.K. Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank were applied and definitive clinical diagnosis of PD was made.
Associated Diagnoses:
71% sensitive, 81% specific