The UPDRS scale as a means of identifying extrapyramidal signs in patients suffering from dementia with Lewy bodies

Ballard, Clive; G. McKeith, Ian; J. Burn, David; K. Harrison, Richard; T. O’Brien, John; Lowery, K.; C. Campbell, Meghan; H. Perry, R.; G. Ince, Paul

doi:10.1111/j.1600-0404.1997.tb00299.x

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The UPDRS scale as a means of identifying extrapyramidal signs in patients suffering from dementia with Lewy bodies

Published in Acta Neurologica Scandinavica • Jan 29, 2009

Authors:

Clive Ballard

Ian G. McKeith

David J. Burn

Abstract

The study aimed to evaluate the merits of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) in the assessment of parkinsonism in patients suffering from Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). Parkinsonian symptoms were assessed in 73 dementia patients using the UPDRS and staged using the Hoehn & Yahr s...

Subject

Parkinsonism

Dementia with Lewy bodies

Dementia

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