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Hemiballism and chorea in a patient with parkinsonism due to a multisystem degeneration

Authors :
F. Scaravilli
M. Pires
C. D. Marsden
M. J. Steiger
Niall Quinn
Source :
Scopus-Elsevier
Publication Year :
1992
Publisher :
Wiley, 1992.

Abstract

Dyskinesias associated with dopaminergic treatment in idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) can be indistinguishable from those arising spontaneously in other conditions involving degeneration of, or damage to, the basal ganglia. However, those due to levodopa treatment of PD disappear on cessation of therapy. We report a patient with a clinical diagnosis of PD who, on levodopa treatment, developed hemiballism and chorea that were originally thought to be drug induced. However, the dyskinesias persisted despite stopping levodopa. Postmortem analysis showed a multisystem degeneration.

Details

ISSN :
15318257 and 08853185
Volume :
7
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Movement Disorders
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....17ea59cedf6ae56adfb60fb91998e790
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.870070115