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"On" state freezing of gait in Parkinson disease: a paradoxical levodopa-induced complication.
Neurology - 14 Feb 2012
Espay A J, Fasano A, van Nuenen B F L, Payne M M, Snijders A H, Bloem B R
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To describe the phenotype of levodopa-induced "on" freezing of gait (FOG) in Parkinson disease (PD). METHODS: We present a diagnostic approach to separate "on" FOG (deterioration during the "on state") from other FOG forms. Four patients with PD with suspected "on" FOG were examined in the "off state" (>12 hours after last medication intake), "on state" (peak effect of usual medication), and "supra-on"...
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