Lewy body-free nigral degeneration - A case report

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 198, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 97-100

  Ishihara, Kenji ^a   Nonaka, Akiko ^a   Fukui, Toshiya ^a   Kawamura, Mitsuru ^a   Shiota, Jun Ichi ^b   Nakano, Imaharu ^c  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ushioda General Hospital   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lewy body; Parkinsonism; Substantia nigra

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; DOPA;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LEWY BODY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREMOR; VAGUS NERVE; FATALITY; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSONISM; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODIES; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA;

EID: 0037098674     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-510X(02)00050-3     Document Type: Article

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