Levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone-induced acute Pisa syndrome in a Parkinson's disease patient

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 154-156

  Solla, Paolo ^a   Cannas, Antonino ^a   Congia, Socrate ^a   Floris, Gianluca ^a   Aste, Rosa ^a   Tacconi, Paolo ^a   Marrosu, Maria Giovanna ^a  

^a Centro per i Disordini del Movimento   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dystonia; Entacapone levodopa carbidopa combination; Parkinson's disease; Pisa syndrome

Indexed keywords

BENSERAZIDE PLUS LEVODOPA; CARBIDOPA PLUS ENTACAPONE PLUS LEVODOPA;

ACUTE PISA SYNDROME; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; BRADYKINESIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSTONIA; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; CARBIDOPA; CATECHOLS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NITRILES; PARKINSON DISEASE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TROPANES;

EID: 55649111805     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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