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Small writing
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Small writing that may be seen in Parkinson’s disease. It may be accentuated during prolonged writing and may be associated with some tremulousness of writing. It is felt to be related to the bradykinesia and rigidity experienced by the individual.
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Pahwa, R., & Lyons, K. E. (2007). Handbook of Parkinson’s disease (4th ed.). New York: Informa Healthcare USA.
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Hohler, A.D., de Leon, M.P. (2018). Micrographia. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_467
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