Pallido-pyramidal syndrome with blepharospasm and good response to levodopa [1]

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 252, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1537-1538

  Srivastava, Trilochan ^a   Goyal, Vinay ^a   Singh, Sumit ^a   Shukla, Garima ^a   Behari, Madhuri ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLEPHAROSPASM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MENTAL FUNCTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PALLIDO PYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BLEPHAROSPASM; FEMALE; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; PYRAMIDAL TRACTS; SYNDROME;

EID: 29144495493     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-005-0852-6     Document Type: Letter

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