Coexistence of parkinsonism, dementia and upper motor neuron syndrome in four Czech patients

Journal of the Neurological Sciences

Volumn 296, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Farníková, Kateřina ^a   Kaňovský, Petr ^a   Nestrašil, Igor ^a   Otruba, Pavel ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Dementia; Motor neuron disease; Parkinsonian complex of Guam; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PROTEIN; CYSTATIN C; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EVOKED RESPONSE; FEMALE; GUAM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARKINSONISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURON DISEASE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 77956881000     PISSN: 0022510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2010.06.011     Document Type: Article

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