Dopa-responsive pseudo-orthostatic tremor in Parkinsonism

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1652-1656

  Thomas, Astrid ^a   Bonanni, Laura ^a   Antonini, Angelo ^b   Barone, Paolo ^c   Onofrj, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b PARKINSON INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gabapentin; L dopa; Orthostatic tremor; Parkinson disease

Indexed keywords

2BETA CARBOMETHOXY 3BETA (4 IODOPHENYL) N (3 FLUOROPROPYL)NORTROPANE I 123; ACETAZOLAMIDE; CARBAMAZEPINE; ENTACAPONE; GABAPENTIN; LEVODOPA; LORAZEPAM; ONDANSETRON; PARKIN; PERGOLIDE; PINK 1 PROTEIN; PRAMIPEXOLE; PROPRANOLOL; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; RADIOISOTOPE; ROPINIROLE; TOLCAPONE; TOPIRAMATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOORTHOSTATIC TREMOR; RIGIDITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; SOMNOLENCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREMOR;

ADULT; DIHYDROXYPHENYLALANINE; DOPAMINE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; TREMOR;

EID: 34748879644     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21621     Document Type: Article

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