Dysfluencies in pure akinesia with gait freezing: Two case reports

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 352-356

  de Letter, Miet ^a   Van Borsel, John ^a,b   Dewulf, Julie ^a   Santens, Patrick ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b VEIGA DE ALMEIDA UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dysfluency; Primary progressive freezing gait; Speech; Stuttering

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BLEPHAROSPASM; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN ATROPHY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FLUENCY DISORDER; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HYPERREFLEXIA; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE AKINESIA WITH GAIT FREEZING; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 79651474380     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.12.002     Document Type: Article

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