Progressive pseudobulbar paresis, early choreiform movements, and later rigidity: Appearance in two sets of dizygotic twins in the same family

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 556-562

  Johnson, Sturla E ^a   Dahl, Arve ^b   Sjaastad, Ottar ^c  

^a Akershus Sentralsykehus ^*  (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acanthocytosis; Choreiform movements; Parkinsonism; Pseudobulbar paresis; Twins

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE; LIPOPROTEIN;

ACANTHOCYTOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CHOREA; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DYSARTHRIA; DYSPHAGIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLECT; INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; MALE; ONSET AGE; PARESIS; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; SIBLING; TENDON; TIC;

ADULT; CHOREA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DISEASES IN TWINS; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; PARALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PEDIGREE; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC;

EID: 0031895006     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130331     Document Type: Article

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