Progressive micrographia shown in horizontal, but not vertical, writing in Parkinson's disease

Behavioural Neurology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 169-174

  Ma, Hui Ing ^a   Hwang, Wen Juh ^a   Chang, Shao Hsia ^b   Wang, Tsui Ying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Handwriting; micrographia; motor skill; Parkinson's disease

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; MALE; MICROGRAPHIA; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WRITING;

AGED; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR SKILLS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE;

EID: 84882403850     PISSN: 09534180     EISSN: 18758584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/212675     Document Type: Article

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