Apraxia of eyelid opening after subthalamic deep brain stimulation may be caused by reduction of levodopa

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 655-657

  Umemura, Atsushi ^a   Toyoda, Takanari ^a   Yamamoto, Kenichi ^a   Oka, Yuichi ^a   Ishii, Fumiyasu ^a   Yamada, Kazuo ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIV MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apraxia of eyelid opening; Deep brain stimulation; Levodopa; Parkinson's disease; Subthalamic nucleus

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CABERGOLINE; LEVODOPA; PERGOLIDE; SELEGILINE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; CASE REPORT; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EYELID MOVEMENT; EYELID OPENING APRAXIA; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHARMACEUTICAL CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIPARKINSON AGENTS; APRAXIAS; DEEP BRAIN STIMULATION; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SUBTHALAMIC NUCLEUS;

EID: 55749107839     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2007.12.008     Document Type: Article

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