Fava beans and Parkinson's disease: useful 'natural supplement' or useless risk?

Eur J Neurol. 2009 Oct;16(10):e171. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2009.02766.x. Epub 2009 Aug 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Favism / chemically induced*
  • Favism / ethnology
  • Favism / genetics
  • Humans
  • Jews
  • Levodopa / therapeutic use*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease / drug therapy*
  • Parkinson Disease / ethnology
  • Phytotherapy / adverse effects*
  • Vicia faba / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Levodopa