Two Parkinson's disease patients with α-synuclein gene duplication and rapid cognitive decline

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 957-959

  Shin, Chae Won ^a   Kim, Hee Jin ^a   Park, Sung Sup ^a   Kim, Sung Yeun ^a   Kim, Ji Yeon ^a   Jeon, Beom Seok ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SYNUCLEIN; ENTACAPONE; FLUDROCORTISONE; LEVODOPA; MIDODRINE; QUETIAPINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSKINESIA; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE DUPLICATION; HALLUCINATION; HOEHN AND YAHR TEST; HUMAN; LETTER; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURAL TREMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REST TREMOR; TREMOR;

ALPHA-SYNUCLEIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; POSTURE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR;

EID: 77951952662     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23043     Document Type: Letter

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