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Lingual‐Facial‐Buccal Movements in the Elderly. II. Pathogenesis and Relationship to Senile Chorea
Author(s) -
WEINER WILLIAM J.,
KLAWANS HAROLD L.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1973.tb01229.x
Subject(s) - chorea , medicine , dyskinesia , buccal administration , striatum , movement disorders , dermatology , pathology , parkinson's disease , dopamine , dentistry , disease
On the basis of clinical similarities, pathologic implications and the response to pharmacologic agents, it would seem that spontaneous lingual‐facial‐buccal dyskinesia of the elderly and senile chorea represent the early versus the final manifestations of the same degenerative process within the striatum.