Focal myopathy as a cause of anterocollis in Parkinsonism

Movement Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 754-756

  Factor, Stewart A ^a   Lava, Neil S ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE;

AGED; BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; NECK MUSCLES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 0035412905     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.1152     Document Type: Article

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