Reversible Pisa syndrome in patients with Parkinson's disease on rasagiline therapy

Movement Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2578-2580

  Fasano, Alfonso ^a,b   Matteo, Alessandro Di ^c   Vitale, Carmine ^d,e,f   Squintani, Giovanna ^c   Ferigo, Laura ^c   Bombieri, Federica ^c   Santangelo, Gabriella ^e,f   Amboni, Marianna ^d,e,f   Barone, Paolo ^e,f   Tinazzi, Michele ^c  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^c Universitaria Integrata di Verona   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; RASAGILINE;

ADULT; AGED; BONE BOWING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLEXOR REFLEX; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; LETTER; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSIBLE PISA SYNDROME; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; DOPAMINE AGENTS; DYSKINESIA, DRUG-INDUCED; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPROTECTIVE AGENTS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 83655201402     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.23918     Document Type: Letter

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