Pure akinesia as initial presentation of PSP: A clinicopathological study

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 517-519

  Facheris, Maurizio Francesco ^a,b   Maniak, Susanna ^c   Scaravilli, Francesco ^d   Schüle, Birgit ^c   Klein, Christine ^c   Pramstaller, Peter Paul ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical parkinsonism; MAPT; Progressive supranuclear palsy

Indexed keywords

APOMORPHINE; LEVODOPA; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY;

AUTOPSY; BRAIN; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAIT DISORDERS, NEUROLOGIC; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLES; NEURONS; SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY, PROGRESSIVE;

EID: 49649110750     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.11.004     Document Type: Article

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