Asymmetric predominantly ipsilateral blepharospasm and contralateral parkinsonism in an elderly patient with a right mesencephalic cyst

Movement Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 135-139

  Singer, Carlos ^a   Schatz, Norman J ^a   Bowen, Brian ^a   Eidelberg, David ^c   Kazumata, Ken ^c   Sternau, Linda ^b   Shulman, Lisa M ^a   Weiner, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Blepharospasm; Dystonia; Midbrain cyst; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN METABOLISM; CASE REPORT; CORPUS STRIATUM; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MESENCEPHALON; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREMOR;

AGED; ARACHNOID CYSTS; ARM; BLEPHAROSPASM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MESENCEPHALON; PARKINSON DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 0031985140     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.870130125     Document Type: Article

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