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. 2018 Oct 12;9:857. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2018.00857

Table 1.

Parkinsonian features in IMDs.

IMD Parkinsonian features References
Gaucher Disease
  • Earlier age of diagnosis

  • Asymmetric resting tremor is the most common feature

  • Severe motor impairment

  • Impairment in memory, executive function, visuospatial abilities, accelerated cognitive decline

  • Greater risk of dementia, cognitive decline, global cognitive impairment

  • Non-motor symptoms: anosmia, dysautonomia, REM sleep disorder, depression, anxiety, psychotic features

  • Increase in mortality risk

(615)
Niemann-Pick Disease
  • Motor symptoms: Dysarthria, tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, postural instability, stooped posture, festinating gait, impaired fine motor skills, hypomimia

  • Autonomic dysfunction: orthostatic hypotension, constipation, urinary urgency and impotence

  • Sensory symptoms: hyposmia,

  • Difficulty with concentration

(16, 17)
GM1 Gangliosidosis
  • Akinetic-rigid parkinsonism

  • Features of immobile face, bradykinesia, short-stepped gait

(1820)
Neuronal
Ceroid-Lipofuscinoses
  • Bilateral rigidity

  • Rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor

(21, 22)
Disorders of metal metabolism
Wilson's Disease
  • Rigidity, bradykinesia, shuffling gait, hypophonic speech, hypomimia, micrographia

  • Tremor may be resting, intentional, postural, or action-induced

  • Most common form of tremor is an irregular, jerky, dystonic tremor

(2326)
Hemochromatosis
  • Resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity

  • Asymmetric onset

  • Mixed resting and action tremor

(2729)
Disorders of amino acid metabolism
Phenylketonuria
  • Rigidity and bradykinesia

  • Tremor presenting both at rest and on action

(30, 31)
Maple Syrup Urine Disease
  • Bradykinesia on finger tapping

  • No resting tremor

(32)
Methylmalonic
acidemia
• Positive correlation between serum
MMA and severity of neuropathic pain
(33)
Inherited mitochondrial disorders
  • Masked faces, rigidospasticity, slowed movements, gait disturbances

  • Mental impairment

(34)

IMD, inherited metabolic disorder; REM, rapid eye movement; MMA, Methylmalonic acid.