## Abstract A 25βyearβold man with exertional myoglobinuria had no evidence of hemolytic anemia, but he had severe parkinsonism that was responsive to levodopa. Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) activity was markedly decreased in muscle, and molecular analysis of the __PGK1__ gene identified the p.T378
Axial myopathy in parkinsonism
β Scribed by Julia V. Wanschitz; Martin Sawires; Klaus Seppi; Sylvia Boesch; Wolfgang N Loescher; Michael Schocke; Werner Poewe
- Book ID
- 102506387
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 256 KB
- Volume
- 26
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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