Somatosensory temporal discrimination threshold may help to differentiate patients with multiple system atrophy from patients with Parkinson's disease

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 714-719

  Rocchi, L ^a   Conte, A ^b   Nardella, A ^b   Li Voti, P ^b   Di Biasio, F ^b   Leodori, G ^a   Fabbrini, G ^a,b   Berardelli, A ^a,b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

Author keywords

Basal ganglia; Multiple system atrophy; Parkinson's disease; Temporal discrimination threshold

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; HOEHN AND YAHR SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHY DRAGER SYNDROME; SOMATOSENSORY TEMPORAL DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLD; STIMULUS; UNIFIED MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY RATING SCALE; UNIFIED PARKINSON DISEASE RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTRIC STIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SYSTEM ATROPHY; PARKINSON DISEASE; ROC CURVE; SENSORY THRESHOLDS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875050399     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ene.12059     Document Type: Article

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