Article
Echogenicity of basal ganglia structures in different Huntington's disease phenotypes.
Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) - 1 Jun 2015
Saft Carsten, Hoffmann Rainer, Strassburger-Krogias Katrin, Lücke Thomas, Meves Saskia H, Ellrichmann Gisa, Krogias Christos
Abstract excerpt
In Huntington's disease (HD), a neurodegenerative-inherited disease, chorea as the typical kind of movement disorder is described. Beside chorea, however, all other kinds of movement disturbances, such as bradykinesia, dystonia, tremor or myoclonus can occur. Aim of the current study was to investigate alterations in the echogenicity of basal ganglia structures in different Huntington's disease phenotypes. 47...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Aged
- Basal Ganglia
- Chorea
- Female
- Humans
- Huntington Disease
- Hypokinesia
- Male
- Middle Aged
