Distinct basal ganglia hyperechogenicity in idiopathic basal ganglia calcification

Movement Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2661-2664

  Brüggemann, Norbert ^a   Schneider, Susanne A ^a   Sander, Thurid ^a   Klein, Christine ^a   Hagenah, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Idiopathic basal ganglia calcification; Lenticular nucleus; Parkinsonism; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRADYKINESIA; BRADYPHRENIA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE MARKER; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC BASAL GANGLIA CALCIFICATION; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEG; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PARKINSONISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION; SPASTICITY;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CALCINOSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 78349295998     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23264     Document Type: Article

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