Case report: Severe acute parkinsonism associated with streptococcal infection and antibasal ganglia antibodies

Movement Disorders

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1661-1663

  McKee, David H ^a   Sussman, J D ^a  

^a Greater Manchester Neurosciences Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Etiology; Pharyngitis; Streptococcal infection

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ANTIBODY; ERYTHROMYCIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LEVODOPA; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ANTIBODY; CREATINE KINASE;

ADOLESCENT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN REGION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERODIAGNOSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD; GANGLION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBODIES; CREATINE KINASE; GANGLIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 33644950662     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20641     Document Type: Article

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