Article
Recurrent and fatal akinetic crisis in genetic-mitochondrial parkinsonisms.
European journal of neurology - 1 Sept 2014
Bonanni L, Onofrj M, Valente E M, Manzoli L, De Angelis M V, Capasso M, Thomas A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Akinetic crisis (AC) is the most severe and possibly lethal complication of parkinsonism. It occurs with an incidence of 3‰ Parkinson's disease patients per year, but it is not known whether genetically determined parkinsonism is more or less susceptible to this complication. METHODS: In a cohort of 756 parkinsonian patients the incidence and outcome of AC was prospectively assessed. A...
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