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David M. Swope

Researcher at Loma Linda University

Publications -  16
Citations -  5573

David M. Swope is an academic researcher from Loma Linda University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Parkinson's disease & Deep brain stimulation. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 16 publications receiving 4296 citations. Previous affiliations of David M. Swope include Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai & Loma Linda University Medical Center.

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Movement Disorder Society-sponsored revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS-UPDRS): scale presentation and clinimetric testing results.

Christopher G. Goetz, +87 more
- 15 Nov 2008 - 
TL;DR: The combined clinimetric results of this study support the validity of the MDS‐UPDRS for rating PD.
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Comprehensive Review of Rasagiline, a Second-Generation Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitor, for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease

TL;DR: Rasagiline was effective both as monotherapy in early PD and as adjunctive treatment in patients with advancing PD and motor fluctuations and has the potential to augment the vasopressor effects of diet-derived tyramine (ie, the "cheese reaction").
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Tetrabenazine for the treatment of hyperkinetic movement disorders: a review of the literature.

TL;DR: Tetrabenazine is an effective oral therapy for chorea of Huntington disease and may be considered as an alternative agent for the management of dystonia, TDk, and tic disorders (these latter 3 conditions are off-label uses in the United States).
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Clinical Pharmacology of Rasagiline: A Novel, Second-Generation Propargylamine for the Treatment of Parkinson Disease

TL;DR: Rasagiline is a novel second‐generation propargylamine that irreversibly and selectively inhibits monoamine oxidase type B (MAO‐B) and offers the promise of clinically relevant neuroprotection.
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Intrathecal baclofen for dystonia: benefits and complications during six years of experience.

TL;DR: Etiology of dystonia did not determine the efficacy of ITB therapy, as benefit or failure was seen in both primary and secondary dySTONia.