Survey on cannabis use in Parkinson's disease: Subjective improvement of motor symptoms
- 30 August 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Movement Disorders
- Vol. 19 (9) , 1102-1106
- https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.20111
Abstract
An anonymous questionnaire sent to all patients attending the Prague Movement Disorder Centre revealed that 25% of 339 respondents had taken cannabis and 45.9% of these described some form of benefit. © 2004 Movement Disorder SocietyKeywords
Funding Information
- Czech Ministry of Education (CEZ:J13/98:11600004, 11100001)
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