Survey on cannabis use in Parkinson's disease: Subjective improvement of motor symptoms

@article{Venderov2004SurveyOC,
  title={Survey on cannabis use in Parkinson's disease: Subjective improvement of motor symptoms},
  author={Kateřina Venderov{\'a} and Ev{\vz}en Rů{\vz}i{\vc}ka and Viktor Voř{\'i}{\vs}ek and Peter Vi{\vs}ňovsk{\'y}},
  journal={Movement Disorders},
  year={2004},
  volume={19}
}
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 Society 
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