Hawaii medical journal
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Hawaii medical journal · Mar 2002
Case ReportsParkinsonism associated with interferon alpha therapy for chronic myelogenous leukemia.
A 79 year-old man was treated with Interferon alpha for chronic myelogenous leukemia and developed severe parkinsonism that resolved after Interferon alpha was stopped. Carbidopa-levodopa was associated with early improvement, but discontinuation did not result in worsening of the parkinsonism.