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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Main Authors: Valtteri Kaasinen, Juho Joutsa, Tommi Noponen, Markku Päivärinta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Karger Publishers 2014-11-01
Series:Case Reports in Neurology
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Online Access:http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/369448