Table 2

Clinical and occupational characteristic of five dental technicians with extrapyramidal symptoms

Patient

Age

Age at onset

Diagnosis

Family history of PD and/or essential tremor

UPDRS motor score

Exposure to dental work (years)


1

50

44

Parkinson's disease

No

12

30

2

64

62

Bilateral postural tremor

No

2

25

3

42

38

Bilateral postural tremor

Yes

2

22

4

56

46

Bilateral postural tremor

No

3

31

5

52

46

Unilateral postural tremor

No

1

23


Fabrizio et al. BMC Neurology 2007 7:24   doi:10.1186/1471-2377-7-24

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