Parkinsonism

Example Sentences

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It caused parkinsonism, a side-effect of antipsychotics which affects muscles.

From BBC

Worley — who died in Eugene, Ore., on Dec. 14, following a battle with Lewy Body Dementia and Parkinsonism, at age 74 — was listed at 6-foot and 175 pounds in his senior season at Washington in 1968.

From Seattle Times

Irwin is a leading Parkinson’s disease researcher and was a chemist on the team that identified an agent responsible for the outbreak of Parkinsonism among heroin addicts in 1982, according to the newspaper.

From The Guardian

He was a chemist on the team that originally identified an agent responsible for the outbreak of Parkinsonism among heroin addicts in 1982, according to the Marin Independent Journal.

From Washington Times

The effect of these, even in very small doses, was to cause severe lethargy and parkinsonism—he lost weight, he fell constantly, he became cachectic, looked terminal.

From The New Yorker