Primary dystonia misinterpreted as Parkinson disease: Video case presentation and practical clues

Neurology: Clinical Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 469-474

  Klepitskaya, Olga ^a   Neuwelt, Alexander J ^a   Nguyen, Tam ^a   Leehey, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; PRAMIPEXOLE; PRIMIDONE; PROPRANOLOL; ROPINIROLE; TRIHEXYPHENIDYL;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM; ARTICLE; BRADYKINESIA; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE CONTROL; DYSTONIA; ELBOW; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HAND TREMOR; HANDWRITING; HEAD POSITION; HEAD TREMOR; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SEDATION; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; THUMB; TREMOR; WRIST;

EID: 84896752407     PISSN: 21630402     EISSN: 21630933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/CPJ.0b013e3182a78eb5     Document Type: Article

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