## Abstract We report a 67‐year‐old patient with idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC). He presented with progressive cognitive impairment, frontal lobe dysfunction, mild leg spasticity, and levodopa (L‐dopa)‐responsive parkinsonism. Transcranial sonography (TCS) revealed marked hyperechoge
Basal ganglia calcification after mumps encephalitis
✍ Scribed by Lauren E. Abrey; Cheryl H. Waters
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 859 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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