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The course of tardive dyskinesia and parkinsonism in psychiatric inpatients: 14-year follow-upH H Fernandez
Division of Neurology, Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island, Pawtucket 02860, USA
Neurology 56:805-7. 2001..8 versus 6.3; p < 0.001) were noted between 1984 and 1998. Over a 14-year period, tardive dyskinesia improved and parkinsonism worsened in patients who continued to receive neuroleptic drugs...
Is altropane SPECT more sensitive to fluoroDOPA PET for detecting early Parkinson's disease?H H Fernandez
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, RI, USA
Med Sci Monit 7:1339-43. 2001..When radiolabeled with the gamma emitting isotope [123I], altropane serves as a SPECT ligand with high affinity and selectivity for the dopamine transporter. It is a good marker for dopamine neurons and is useful in detecting PD...
Predictors of depressive symptoms among spouse caregivers in Parkinson's diseaseH H Fernandez
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University School of Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Mov Disord 16:1123-5. 2001..17; P = 0.003). No difference was noted with hallucinations, delusions or incontinence. We concluded that the duration of PD appears to be the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms among spouse-caregivers in this small cohort...
