Prolonged duration of standing up is an early dopa-sensitive abnormality in Parkinson's disease

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 41-44

  Bloem, Bastiaan R ^a   Roon, Krista I ^a   Delleman, Nico J ^b   Van Dijk, J Gert ^a   Roos, Raymund A C ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assessment; dopamine; gait; Parkinson's disease; posture

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOPAMINE AGENTS; ELECTRONICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; OPTICS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031052921     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(96)00274-2     Document Type: Article

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