Parkinsonism and dropped head: Dystonia, myopathy or both?

Parkinsonism and Related Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 30-34

  Savica, Rodolfo ^a   Kumar, Neeraj ^a   Ahlskog, J Eric ^a   Josephs, Keith A ^a   Matsumoto, Joseph Y ^a   McKeon, Andrew ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antecollis; Camptocormia; Dropped head syndrome; Parkinsonism

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CORTICOSTEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CERVICAL MYELOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DROPPED HEAD SYNDROME; DYSTONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MYOPATHY; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; CARBIDOPA; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DYSTONIC DISORDERS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; LEVODOPA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISEASES; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84655169237     PISSN: 13538020     EISSN: 18735126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2011.08.006     Document Type: Article

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