Camptocormia in idiopathic Parkinson's disease: A focal myopathy of the paravertebral muscles

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 542-551

  Margraf, Nils G ^a   Wrede, Arne ^b   Rohr, Axel ^a   Schulz Schaeffer, Walter J ^b   Raethjen, Jan ^a   Eymess, Andrea ^a   Volkmann, Jens ^a   Mehdorn, Maximilian H ^a   Jansen, Olav ^a   Deuschl, Günther ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Camptocormia; Idiopathic Parkinson's disease; Muscle biopsy; Muscle MRI; Myopathy; Paravertebral muscles

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAMPTOCORMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MYOPATHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOLUMBAR SPINE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CURVATURES;

EID: 77951209442     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22780     Document Type: Article

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