Akinetic Crisis in Parkinson's Disease Is Associated with a Severe Loss of Striatal Dopamine Transporter Function: A Report of Two Cases
Akinetic crisis or acute akinesia is a life-threatening complication of Parkinson's disease (PD) with unknown pathophysiological mechanisms. Clinically, it resembles the neuroleptic malignant syndrome, and dopaminergic drugs are transiently ineffective in the acute phase of the condition. There...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Karger Publishers
2014-11-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Neurology |
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Online Access: | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/369448 |