## Abstract The syndrome of gait ignition failure is described in six patients in whom difficulty initiating walking was the major symptom. The gait had elements of parkinsonism with start and turn hesitation, shuffling, and freezing. Unlike parkinsonism, however, the gait was relatively normal onc
A case of combined orthostatic tremor and primary gait ignition failure
β Scribed by Bennett H. Myers; Burton L. Scott
- Book ID
- 119532546
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 153 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0303-8467
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