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Case Reports
. 1978 Apr 14;218(1):51-4.
doi: 10.1007/BF00314718.

Unsuccessful treatment with levodopa of a parkinsonian patient with calcification of the basal ganglia

K Berendes, D Dörstelmann
Case Reports

Unsuccessful treatment with levodopa of a parkinsonian patient with calcification of the basal ganglia

K Berendes et al. J Neurol. .

Abstract

A patient aged 67 had suffered from hypoparathyroidism (tetany and cataracts) following thyroidectomy at the age of 20, although treated with AT 10. During the last few years there had been a change of gait to small steps and general retardation. Nocturnal epileptic attacks occurred in the last year which led to the admission to hospital where a well developed parkinsonian syndrome without tremor was observed. X-rays of the skull, including computed tomograms, revealed calcification of the basal ganglia and dentate nuclei. Treatment with levodopa was ineffective. The mechanism for this is discussed.

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