Upper extremity contractures heralding Parkinson's disease [2]

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 86-

  Bal, Serpil ^a   Aktnct, Ayşen ^a   Özçakar, Levent ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; ARM; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037300893     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1297-319X(02)00021-0     Document Type: Letter

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