A case report of pure micrographia progressing over 5 years. -An early sign of 'pure akinesia'?-

Clinical Neurology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 615-618

  Hoshino, Masataka ^a,b   Kita, Yasushi ^a,c   Mitani, Kazuko ^a   Bando, Mitsuaki ^a   Yamanouchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c SAISEIKAI NAKATSU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Festination; Freezing; Micrographia; PET; Pure akinesia

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; THREO 3,4 DIHYDROXYPHENYLSERINE;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSGRAPHIA; FINGER; HUMAN; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; WRITING;

AGED; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS;

EID: 0032886047     PISSN: 0009918X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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