Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 4 , Pages 282-285 , May 2010

Degenerative parkinsonism in patients with psychogenic parkinsonism: A dopamine transporter imaging study

  • Andre C. Felicio

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorder Unit, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Neurology, Federal University of São Paulo/UNIFESP, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Tel.: +55 11 5575 5240; fax: +55 11 5081 5005.
    • ,
  • Clecio Godeiro-Junior

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorder Unit, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Tais S. Moriyama

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Ming C. Shih

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Marcelo Q. Hoexter

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Vanderci Borges

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorder Unit, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Sonia M.A. Silva

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorder Unit, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Patricia de Carvalho Aguiar

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorder Unit, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Luiz A.F. Andrade

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Rodrigo A. Bressan

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Israelita de Ensino e Pesquisa, H. Israelita Albert Einstein, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Laboratório Interdisciplinar de Neurociências Clínicas, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • Department of Psychiatry, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
    • ,
  • Henrique B. Ferraz

      Affiliations

    • Movement Disorder Unit, Federal University of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Received 7 May 2009 ,Revised 6 December 2009 ,Accepted 13 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.12.010

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery
Volume 112, Issue 4 , Pages 282-285 , May 2010

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