Neurosyphilis masquerading as corticobasal degeneration

Movement Disorders

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1367-1370

  Benito León, Julián ^a,d   Alvarez Linera, J ^b   Louis, E D ^c  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^b International Ruber Hospital   (Spain)

^c Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corticobasal degeneration; General paresis; MRI; Neurosyphilis

Indexed keywords

CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; PENICILLIN G; SELEGILINE;

ADULT; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORTICOBASAL DEGENERATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE RIGIDITY; MYOCLONUS; NEUROSYPHILIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATROPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOMINANCE, CEREBRAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROSYPHILIS; PARIETAL LOBE; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATIONS; SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS;

EID: 8844270956     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.20221     Document Type: Article

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