Accuracy of subjective and objective handwriting assessment for differentiating Parkinson's disease from tremulous subjects without evidence of dopaminergic deficits (SWEDDs): An FP-CIT-validated study

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 259, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2335-2340

  Bajaj, N P S ^a,b   Wang, L ^c   Gontu, V ^a,b   Grosset, D G ^d   Bain, P G ^c  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handwriting; Macrographia; Micrographia; Parkinson's disease; SWEDDs (subjects without evidence of dopaminergic deficit)

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; DYSGRAPHIA; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MACROGRAPHIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROGRAPHIA; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; PARKINSON DISEASE; PARKINSONISM; PRESYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBJECTS WITHOUT EVIDENCE OF DOPAMINERGIC DEFICIT; TREMOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREMOR;

EID: 84868196879     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-012-6495-5     Document Type: Article

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