Involvement of the ventrolateral medulla in parkinsonism with autonomic failure

Neurology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 963-968

  Benarroch, Eduardo E ^a   Schmeichel, Ann M ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Multiple system atrophy; NADPH diaphorase; PD; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION; AUTOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSONISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

EID: 0034701038     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.54.4.963     Document Type: Article

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