Functional improvement in a patient with cerebral calcinosis using a bisphosphonate

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 345-349

  Loeb, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Bisphosphonate; Calcinosis; Fahr disease; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ETIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; GAIT; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPASTICITY; SPEECH;

BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; BRAIN MAPPING; CALCINOSIS; ETIDRONIC ACID; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031882228     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130225     Document Type: Article

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