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Levodopa

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Levodopa, also known as L-dopa, is a drug used clinically in the treatment of Parkinson's disease.Wikipedia]

SNPs in the COMT gene appear to influence the response to levodopa and thus may be useful for individualized therapy for Parkinson's disease patients.[PMID 18698234]