Secondary parkinsonism due to arachnoid cyst of the frontal lobe

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 400-

  Tiple, Dorina ^a,b   De Angelis, Floriana ^a,b   Spallone, Aldo ^b   Colosimo, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Neurological Centre of Latium   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYST; ARTICLE; BABINSKI REFLEX; BASAL GANGLION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TENDON REFLEX; TREMOR; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; METHODOLOGY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ARACHNOID CYSTS; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77950616012     PISSN: 00223050     EISSN: 1468330X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp.2009.177683     Document Type: Article

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