Elderly onset Parkinson's disease complicated by dropped head syndrome that responded favorably to therapy

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-58

  Horiuchi, Masahiro ^a   Uehara, Kenji ^b   Kamo, Tsutomu ^a   Sugihara, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Yoichi ^a  

^a Division of Pediatric Neurology   (Japan)

^b ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dopamine agonist; Dropped head syndrome; L dopa; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

CABERGOLINE; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL SPINE RADIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL SPONDYLOSIS; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; KYPHOSIS; LACUNAR STROKE; LIMB TREMOR; MALE; MORNING DOSAGE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

EID: 33644494257     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2003.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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