Atypical dopa responsive parkinsonism in a patient with megalencephaly, midbrain Lewy body disease, and some pathological features of Hallervorden-Spatz disease

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 523-527

  Tuite, P J ^a   Provias, J P ^a   Lang, A E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b Movement Disorder Clinic   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dystrophic axone; Hallervorden Spatz disease; Lewy body disease; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; IRON; LEVODOPA; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL DERIVATIVE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ALEXANDER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEMENTIA; DEPIGMENTATION; DYSKINESIA; GLIOSIS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HALLERVORDEN SPATZ DISEASE; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; LEWY BODY; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; THALAMOTOMY; THALAMUS; TREMOR;

EID: 0029836607     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.61.5.523     Document Type: Article

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