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May 2024
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Randomized Trial of Cannabis Extract in ...

AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY
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In part 2 of this series, Dr. Jeff Ratliff and Dr. Maureen Leehey discuss non-motor symptoms such as sleep and cognition in patients with Parkinson disease taking a cannabis extract versus placebo. 

Show reference: https://movementdisorders.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/mds.29768 

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