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Symptomatic or secondary basal ganglia diseases and tardive dyskinesias
1Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Viale Universita, Italy.
Current Opinion in Neurology
|August 1, 1995
Abstract:
This paper reviews clinical reports of various movement disorders (dystonia, chorea, ballism and parkinsonism) caused by well defined lesions of the putamen, globus pallidus, substantia nigra, thalamus and subthalamus. The role of basal ganglia in motor control is also emphasized.