## Abstract As individuals enter their 80s, they are inevitably confronted with the problem of neuronal loss in the brain. The incidence of the common movement disorder βmild parkinsonian signsβ (MPS) is approximately 50% over the age of 85 years. It has long been known that the loss of dopaminergi
Parkinson's disease, etrapyramidal insufficiency and age
β Scribed by I.N. Karaban; N.Yu. Bachinskaya
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 63 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0738-3991
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