Severe forward flexion of the trunk in parkinson's disease: Focal myopathy of the paraspinal muscles mimicking camptocormia

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 408-414

  Schäbitz, Wolf Rudiger ^a   Glatz, Katharina ^a   Schuhan, Christian ^a   Sommer, Clemens ^a   Berger, Christian ^a   Schwaninger, Markus ^a   Hartmann, Marius ^a   Goebel, Hans Hilmar ^b   Meinck, Hans Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bent spine; Camptocormia; Focal myositis; Mitochondrial myopathy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

AMANTADINE; BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; BROMOCRIPTINE; BUDIPINE; FAT; LEVODOPA; METIXENE; PERGOLIDE; PRAMIPEXOLE; PROPRANOLOL; SELEGILINE;

ACTION POTENTIAL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CAMPTOCORMIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSKINESIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FLEXION CONTRACTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL MYOPATHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOSITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, MOTOR; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSITIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037964141     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10385     Document Type: Article

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