Parkinsonism after a wasp sting

Movement Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-127

  Leopold, Norman A ^a   Bara Jimenez, William ^b   Hallett, Mark ^b  

^a CROZER CHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrapyramidal syndromes; Hymenoptera; Parkinsonism; Wasp

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; AZATHIOPRINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN SCINTISCANNING; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HYMENOPTERA; INSECT STING; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; WASP;

ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; BASAL GANGLIA; CEREBRAL CORTEX; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INSECT BITES AND STINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; WASPS;

EID: 0032961734     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1531-8257(199901)14:1<122::AID-MDS1020>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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