Low dose choline chloride in cerebellar degeneration.
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Low dose choline chloride in cerebellar degeneration.
Sixteen patients with cerebellar degeneration were treated with oral choline chloride for six weeks at doses of 3 and 6 g daily. Two patients improved with choline but another four improved with placebo. Choline chloride in a dose of 3-6 g daily is no better than placebo in improving ataxia due to cerebellar degeneration.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
سال: 1984
ISSN: 0022-3050
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.47.9.1038