منابع مشابه
Diagnosis and treatment of psychogenic parkinsonism.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is the most common movement disorder encountered in movement disorder clinics but psychogenic parkinsonism (PP) is relatively rare. Based on a study of 32 patients, coupled with a comprehensive review of the literature, the diagnosis, clinical phenomenology, epidemiology, natural history, imaging and treatment, this article provides a critical review of PP. In addition ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0022-510X
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2011.03.019