Forms of dystonia in patients with Parkinson's disease
- 1 June 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Neurology
- Vol. 37 (6) , 1009
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.37.6.1009
Abstract
We studied various forms of dystonia associated with Parkinson9s disease (PD) in 207 patients who were on levodopa therapy for more than 1 year. Dystonia, sometimes more than one type, occurred in 63 (30%). In five patients, dystonia preceded initiation of treatment. Fifteen patients had peak-dose dystonia, 33 had early-morning dystonia, and 20 had “off-period” dystonia. The different clinical features of the dystonias are presented and compared. Findings indicate that dystonia is a frequent feature of levodopa-treated PD patients.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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