Idiopathic NBIA - Clinical spectrum and transcranial sonography findings

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Bruggemann N ^a   Wuerfel, J ^a   Petersen, D ^a   Klein, C ^a   Hagenah, J ^a   Schneider, S A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye of the tiger sign; Movement disorders; Neurodegeneration with brain iron accumulation; Neurological disorders; Parkinson's disease; Transcranial sonography

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; METIXENE; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NEURODEGENERATION WITH BRAIN IRON ACCUMULATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRANIAL ECHOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; BASAL GANGLIA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IRON METABOLISM DISORDERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROAXONAL DYSTROPHIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 79955737136     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03298.x     Document Type: Letter

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