Levodopa infusion improves impulsivity and dopamine dysregulation syndrome in Parkinson's disease.

Background: Impulsivity and dopamine dysregulation syndrome are frequent complications of treatment in Parkinson's disease (PD).

Methods: We assessed the effect of jejunal levodopa infusion (JLI) on behavioral symptoms in 8 PD patients with motor complications and severe impulsivity and dopamine dysregulation syndrome (DDS), which had not be controlled before by adjusting oral medications. The infusion was delivered during 15 hours (daily dose 1007.

[NeuroBehçet: A case].

Behçet's disease is an inflammatory systemic disorder, with oral and genital ulcers, as well as ophthalmologic and cutaneous disturbances. 5% of the patients have neurological alterations. We present a case of neuroBehçet with a rare neurological involvement.