Dropped head syndrome in Parkinson's disease

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1213-1216

  Kashihara, Kenichi ^a   Ohno, Manabu ^a   Tomita, Susumu ^a  

^a OKAYAMA KYOKUTO HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterocollis; Dropped head; Dystonia; Head drop; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MUSCLE TONE; NECK MUSCLE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HEART; HUMANS; IODINE RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYNDROME;

EID: 33748352780     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20948     Document Type: Article

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