## Abstract The term “camptocormia” describes a severe forward‐flexed posture. Although initially used to describe a conversion disorder, early authors also recognized organic camptocormia occurring in old age, or “camptocormie senile,” as well as traumatic and arthritic camptocormia. More recently
Dopa-responsive camptocormia in a patient with multiple system atrophy
✍ Scribed by In-Uk Song; Joong-Seok Kim; Kwang-Soo Lee
- Book ID
- 116820326
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 359 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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