Gait apraxia

Gait apraxia

Gait apraxia is most commonly a part of the Hakimov triad (gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, dementia) in normotensive hydrocephalus (NPH), although it may be a symptom of some other conditions. In our case the patient was a long term Parkinson's disease sufferer who developed normotensive hy...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bratislavské lékarské listy 2010, Vol.111 (2), p.101-102
Hauptverfasser: Mihalj, M, Titlic, M, Marovic, A, Bulovic, B, Srdelic-Mihalj, S
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Sprache:eng
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Aged
Brain - pathology
Gait Apraxia - etiology
Humans
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure - complications
Hydrocephalus, Normal Pressure - diagnosis
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Parkinson Disease - complications
Parkinson Disease - pathology
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Zusammenfassung:Gait apraxia is most commonly a part of the Hakimov triad (gait apraxia, urinary incontinence, dementia) in normotensive hydrocephalus (NPH), although it may be a symptom of some other conditions. In our case the patient was a long term Parkinson's disease sufferer who developed normotensive hydrocephalus and consequently gait apraxia. Only after a third successive evacuation of the CSF his gait apraxia improved (Fig. 1, Ref. 15). Full Text (Free, PDF) www.bmj.sk.
ISSN:0006-9248