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Basal Ganglia Diseases

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = Diseases of the BASAL GANGLIA including the PUTAMEN; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; claustrum; AMYGDALA; and CAUDATE NUCLEUS. DYSKINESIAS (most notably involuntary movements and alterations of the rate of movement) represent the primary clinical manifestations of these disorders. Common etiologies include CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; and CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Extrapyramidal Disorders

Found in 109 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.2956, 1944

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2956
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and notes relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 51 in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: torticollis; mild tremor in upper limbs; and extrapyramidal lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944

PR2.2979, 1944-1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2979
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and note relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 65 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: extra-pyramidal lesion; and cerebral arteriosclerosis. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1944-1945

PR2.3666, 1945

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.3666
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 59 at first examination in 1945. Conditions mentioned include: tremor; extra-pyramidal motor disturbance; and paralysis agitans. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1945

PR2.4137, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4137
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and chart relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 68 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: extrapyramidal hypokinesis; unsteadiness; diplopia; and dizziness. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4320, 1946-1954

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4320
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 43 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: tremor; extra-pyramidal disturbance; and hypertonus. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946-1954

PR2.4349, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4349
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to male patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 16 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: mental deficiency; extrapyramidal hyperkinesis; and convulsions. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4358, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4358
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, chart and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 56 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: epilepsy; head injury; Parkinsonism; and extra-pyramidal syndrome. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4373, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4373
Scope and Contents

Notes and correspondence relating to male patient from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 24 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: headache; tremor; virous encephalitis; and basal-ganglia lesion. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4633, 1946

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4633
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary and correspondence relating to female patient from outside Great Britain aged 10 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: birth injury; and extra-pyramidal motor disturbances. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1946

PR2.4653, 1946-1947

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.4653
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, autopsy report, notes, reports, charts, drawing and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 61 at first examination in 1946. Conditions mentioned include: fatigue; extra-pyramidal motor disturbances; neck pain; spinal cord compression; spasticity; spine dislocation; and atlanto-axial luxation. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient died in hospital.

Dates: 1946-1947