VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PARKINSON DISEASE
VESTIBULAR DYSFUNCTION IN PARKINSON DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.32.10.1133
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发表时间:
1982-01-01
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
MCDOWELL, FH
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作者:
REICHERT, WH;DOOLITTLE, J;MCDOWELL, FH
Symptoms and signs of postural instability are often present in patients with Parkinson disease (PD). Because vestibular dysfunction might contribute to the postural instability, bithermal caloric tests and electronystagmography were performed in 36 patients with PD and 316 controls. Significantly more PD patients had reduced and absent vestibular responses than did controls. Decreased or absent vestibular responses in patients with PD were associated with postural instability and increasing severity of other symptoms. Vestibular dysfunction may contribute to the postural instability of PD.