Adult-onset neuronopathic form of Gaucher's disease: A case report

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 261-264

  Guimaraes J ^a   Amaral, O ^b   Sa Miranda M C ^b  

^a HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adult; Atypical parkinsonism; Gaucher's disease; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AKINESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR ATAXIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROPATHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONSET AGE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; PSYCHOSIS; RIGIDITY; SEIZURE; SLIT LAMP;

AGE OF ONSET; BRAIN DISEASES; COGNITION DISORDERS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GAUCHER DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038699008     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-8020(02)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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