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Titel:

Anticholinergic-responsive gait freezing in a patient with pantothenate kinase-associated neurodegeneration.

Dokumenttyp:
Case Reports; Journal Article; Article
Autor(en):
Lyoo, CH; Prokisch, H; Meitinger, T; Lee, SY; Kim, do H; Lee, MS
Abstract:
A 43-year-old male patient suddenly developed freezing of gait (FOG) when making a first step, turning, or passing through a narrow path. Dystonic plantar flexion of his left foot always accompanied with FOG. He could walk without FOG when stepping on visual cues. Brain magnetic resonance imaging study showed typical "eye of the tiger" sign in the globus pallidus. He had heterozygous mutations in the exons 3 and 4 in the PANK2 gene. His FOG dramatically responded to the anticholinergic treatment...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
Mov Disord
Jahr:
2008
Band / Volume:
23
Heft / Issue:
2
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
283-4
Sprache:
eng
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.1002/mds.21799
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17999425
Print-ISSN:
0885-3185
TUM Einrichtung:
Institut für Humangenetik
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