منابع مشابه
Symptomatic Parkinsonism.
Parkinson's disease, 'paralysis agitans', is characterized by a number of abnormalities. A similar clinical picture may be symptomatic of other disturbances: these are briefly described and the differential diagnosis is discussed.
متن کاملParkinsonism--neuropathology.
for willed movements only, but subsequently also for following movements and the upward movement of the eyeballs which occurs on closing the lids. At a later stage, lateral conjugate gaze is also affected, the loss again first involving voluntary movements and at a later stage reflexly induced or following movements. Tremor is not a feature of this condition, which is unlikely to be missed if o...
متن کاملAcute Parkinsonism
Patient 1: A 75-year-old woman with a history of bipolar affective illness dating back to her 20s was admitted to the hospital after falling and breaking her hip while walking her dog. She had been living alone. She underwent a total hip replacement without incident and was at her mental and physical baseline in the recovery room and then on the postsurgical floor. Two days after surgery she su...
متن کاملSporadic Parkinsonism
Background Differential diagnosis of parkinsonian sindrome is a major challenge in movement disorders because at the onset there is an overlapping of signs and syntoms. From a neuropathological point of view, parkinsonism may be related to a degeneration of the nigrostriatal pathway or the neurodegenerative process may be more widespread [1,2]. In the early course of the a disease presenting wi...
متن کاملVascular parkinsonism--an important cause of parkinsonism in older people.
Parkinsonism due to cerebrovascular disease (vascular parkinsonism, VP) is a distinct clinicopathological entity. It accounts for 4.4-12% of all cases of parkinsonism. Since there are no specific diagnostic criteria, true incidence and prevalence rates of VP are not known. Typically, parkinsonism in slow-onset VP tends to be bilaterally symmetrical, affecting the lower limbs more than the upper...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Basis of Disease
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0925-4439
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2008.08.001