Paradoxical response to apomorphine in a case of atypical parkinsonism

Authors :: Giuseppe De Michele
Giulio Cicarelli
Maria Teresa Pellecchia
Gilberto Pizzolato
Paolo Barone
Cicarelli, G
Pellecchia, Mt
DE MICHELE, Giuseppe
Pizzolato, G
Barone, P.
G., Cicarelli
M. T., Pellecchia
G., DE MICHELE
Pizzolato, Gilberto
P., Barone
Source :: Movement Disorders. 17:604-606
Publication Year :: 2002
Publisher :: Wiley, 2002.
Abstract: We describe a patient with clinical signs of parkinsonism showing a paradoxical response to apomorphine injection. We discuss possible pathogenetic mechanisms with regard to the literature and suggest the diagnosis of a striatonigral degeneration at an early stage.

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