Primitive reflexes distinguish vascular parkinsonism from Parkinson's disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 562-565

  Okuda, Bungo ^a,b   Kawabata, Keita ^b   Tachibana, Hisao ^b   Kamogawa, Kenji ^a   Okamoto, Kensho ^a  

^a EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Palmomental reflex; Parkinson's disease; Primitive reflex; Snout reflex; Vascular parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EVALUATION; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; JAW OPENING REFLEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PATHOLOGICAL REFLEX; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOTOR NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; REFLEX;

EID: 44449167487     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.02.013     Document Type: Article

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