The phenomenon of disproportionate antecollis in Parkinson's disease and multiple system atrophy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 2325-2331

  Van De Warrenburg, Bart P C ^a,b   Cordivari, Carla ^c   Ryan, Aisling M ^c   Phadke, Rahul ^a   Holton, Janice L ^a   Bhatia, Kailash P ^a   Hanna, Mike G ^a   Quinn, Niall P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antecollis; Dropped head; Multiple system atrophy; Myopathy; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; LEVODOPA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; DISPROPORTIONATE ANTECOLLIS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; NECK MALFORMATION; NECK MUSCLE; NERVE LESION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; BOTULINUM TOXIN TYPE A; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HEAD; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NECK; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 38549122805     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.21634     Document Type: Article

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