eMJA: Outside the pyramid

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Outside the pyramid

MJA 2004; 181 (5): 280-280

First used in 1967, the drug levodopa has rescued many patients with Parkinson’s disease from silence, rigidity and tremor. Parkinson’s disease is called an extrapyramidal disorder. It results from damage to black brain cells aggregated beside the pyramid-shaped tracts of motor nerves.

Stephen Leeder, 26 February 2004

Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.

Stephen R Leeder AO, PhD, FRACP, Professor of Public Health, and Director, Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney.

Correspondence: Dr Stephen R Leeder, Australian Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney, Victor Coppleson Building, Sydney, NSW 2006.

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