Parkinsonism and Tremor in a Patient with Plasmodium vivax Malaria

BACKGROUND: A 57-year-old male diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria presented with a subacute onset of hand tremor, slowness, and gait difficulty. PHENOMENOLOGY: A bilateral upper extremity kinetic tremor was seen, as well as a right upper extremity rigidity and body bradykinesia. EDUCATIONAL VAL...

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Autor principal: Park, Jung E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8P55V23
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description BACKGROUND: A 57-year-old male diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria presented with a subacute onset of hand tremor, slowness, and gait difficulty. PHENOMENOLOGY: A bilateral upper extremity kinetic tremor was seen, as well as a right upper extremity rigidity and body bradykinesia. EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Parkinsonism and tremor are neurological manifestations that may occur in malaria as a result of globus pallidi and dentate nuclei involvement.
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spelling pubmed-54699412017-06-14 Parkinsonism and Tremor in a Patient with Plasmodium vivax Malaria Park, Jung E. Tremor Other Hyperkinet Mov (N Y) Video Abstracts BACKGROUND: A 57-year-old male diagnosed with Plasmodium vivax malaria presented with a subacute onset of hand tremor, slowness, and gait difficulty. PHENOMENOLOGY: A bilateral upper extremity kinetic tremor was seen, as well as a right upper extremity rigidity and body bradykinesia. EDUCATIONAL VALUE: Parkinsonism and tremor are neurological manifestations that may occur in malaria as a result of globus pallidi and dentate nuclei involvement. Columbia University Libraries/Information Services 2017-06-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5469941/ /pubmed/28616358 http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8P55V23 Text en © 2017 Park. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–Noncommerical–No Derivatives License, which permits the user to copy, distribute, and transmit the work provided that the original author and source are credited; that no commercial use is made of the work; and that the work is not altered or transformed.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5469941/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28616358
http://dx.doi.org/10.7916/D8P55V23
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