Huntington's chorea and tryptophan
Open Access
- 1 August 1972
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 35 (4) , 510-513
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.35.4.510
Abstract
Daily use of 7 g l-tryptophan and 70 mg pyridoxine for 14 days led to no deterioration of objectively measured manual motor skills in a small group of patients with Huntington's chorea.Keywords
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