1. Decades of delayed diagnosis in 4 levodopa-responsive young-onset monogenetic parkinsonism patients.
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Ling H, Braschinsky M, Taba P, Lüüs SM, Doherty K, Hotter A, Poewe W, and Lees AJ
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- Adult, Age of Onset, Diagnosis, Differential, Dystonic Disorders diagnosis, Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic diagnosis, Female, Gait Disorders, Neurologic diagnosis, Humans, Parkinsonian Disorders genetics, Time Factors, Young Adult, Antiparkinson Agents therapeutic use, Delayed Diagnosis, Levodopa therapeutic use, Parkinsonian Disorders diagnosis, Parkinsonian Disorders drug therapy, Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases genetics
- Abstract
Background: We report 4 patients with young-onset monogenetic parkinsonism, each of whom was misdiagnosed with either a psychogenic movement disorder or chronic fatigue syndrome for 10 to 23 years after the onset of their first symptoms., Results: Once the diagnosis was eventually made, they all had a rapid and excellent response to levodopa, albeit with the early appearance of interdose dyskinesias in 3., Conclusions: We discuss possible reasons for the missed diagnosis despite the relentless progression of their motor handicap. DAT scanning supported the revised clinical diagnosis of parkinsonism. © 2011 Movement Disorder Society., (Copyright © 2011 Movement Disorder Society.)
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- 2011
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