Micrographia and related deficits in Parkinson's disease: A cross-sectional study

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Shukla, Aparna Wagle ^a   Ounpraseuth, Songthip ^b   Okun, Michael S ^a   Gray, Vickie ^c   Schwankhaus, John ^c   Metzer, Walter Steven ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSGRAPHIA; HANDWRITING; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISORDER; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84863644415     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000628     Document Type: Article

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