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A case of Parkinson's disease with apraxia of lid opening and freezing of gait

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Chinese Medical Journal
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Abstract: To the Editor:The apraxia of eyelid opening (ALO) refers to a nonparalytic movement disorder of eyelid characterized bv transient difficulty in voluntarily initiating the act of lid elevation in spite of preserved alertness and language comprehension.1 Thetypical freezing of gait (FOG) is characterized by an abrupt difficulty in starting or continuing rhythmic and repetitive movements.The frequency of ALO was 0.3%-0.7% in Parkinson's disease (PD),2,3 and it almost concurrently occurred with blepharospasm (BPS) or other dystonia.Yoon et al3 reported 3 ALO cases with BPS out of 913 PD patients.It is rare that a PD patient presents isolated ALO (not with BPS or other dystonia) as well as FOG.We reported here a case of PD with isolated ALO and FOG.

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