Very early levodopa may prevent self-injury in Lesch-Nyhan disease - Visser JE, Chorin O, Jinnah HA.

BACKGROUND: In Lesch-Nyhan disease (LND), early dopamine deficiency is thought to contribute to dystonia and self-injury, gradually developing over the first years of life. Previous attempts to restore dopamine levels in older patients have been unsuccessf...
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