Parkinsonism and personality changes following an acute hypoxic insult during mountaineering [4]

Movement Disorders

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1296-1297

  Swaminath, Pazhayannur V ^a   Ragothaman, Mona ^a   Muthane, Uday B ^a   Udupa, Saumya A H ^a   Rao, Shobini L ^a   Govindappa, Srikanth S ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; BRAIN HYPOXIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOUNTAINEERING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN CARD SORTING TEST; WORKING MEMORY;

ALTITUDE SICKNESS; ANOXIA; BRAIN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY DISORDERS;

EID: 33748361815     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20941     Document Type: Letter

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