Slowly progressive L-DOPA nonresponsive pure akinesia due to nigropallidal degeneration: A clinicopathological case study

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 169-172

  Katayama, S ^a   Watanabe, C ^a   Khoriyama, T ^a   Oka, M ^a   Mao, J J ^a   Yamamura, Y ^a   Tahara, E ^a   Nakamura, S ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Festination; Internal globus pallidus; L DOPA nonresponsive pure akinesia; Nigropallydal degeneration

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN ATROPHY; BRAIN DEGENERATION; CASE REPORT; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NIGRONEOSTRIATAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOPAMINE AGENTS; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032509133     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00278-0     Document Type: Article

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