Parkinsonism and tremor disorders. A clinical approach
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Parkinsonism and tremor disorders. A clinical approach
Differentiation of idiopathic Parkinson's disease from other causes of Parkinsonism, such as Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive Supranuclar Palsy and Vascular Parkinsonism can be difficult. Clinicopathological studies suggest that the clinical diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease is 76% reliable. Also, clinical differentiation of tremor prominent Parkinsonism from Essential Tremor or D...
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عنوان ژورنال: Libyan Journal of Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1993-2820,1819-6357
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v2i2.4698