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Parkinsonism in alcohol withdrawal: A follow‐up study
Author(s) -
Shandling M.,
Carlen P. L.,
Lang A. E.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.870050109
Subject(s) - parkinsonism , medicine , abnormality , central nervous system disease , anesthesia , psychology , psychiatry , disease
Abstract Transient parkinsonism associated with alcohol intake and withdrawal has previously been described. We followed‐up three patients with acute alcohol withdrawal‐induced parkinsonism 9–11 years after their initial presentation. None showed any evidence of parkinsonism at follow‐up. This suggests that withdrawal‐induced parkinsonism is caused by a completely reversible abnormality in nigrostriatal dopamine transmission, which is unaccompanied by underlying nigral degeneration, as we had previously hypothesized.