ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

ESPE Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology

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Yearbook of Paediatric Endocrinology 2018

14 Science and Medicine

Who could have predicted it?

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14.17 Exenatide once weekly versus placebo in Parkinson’s disease: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

D Athauda , K Maclagan , SS Skene , M Bajwa-Joseph , D Letchford , K Chowdhury , S Hibbert , N Budnik , L Zampedri , J Dickson , Y Li , I Aviles-Olmos , TT Warner , P Limousin , AJ Lees , NH Greig , S Tebbs , T Foltynie

To read the full abstract: Lancet 2017;390:1664-1675Whoever could have imagined that a compound discovered as being secreted by enteroendocrine cells in the gut could have a role in treating Parkinson’s disease? GLP-1 does indeed have diverse actions on several peripheral organs (including tongue, stomach, adipose tissues, muscle, pancreas and liver) and on the brainstem to regulate...
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