Parkinson's disease  

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Clarke, C E

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: British Medical Journal (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 335 no. 7617 (Sep. 2007), page 441.
Topik: Clinical review

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: B16.K.2007.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Summary points • Parkinson's disease should be suspected in someone with tremor, stiffness, slowness, balance problems, or gait disorders • All patients with suspected Parkinson's disease should be referred untreated to a specialist in differential diagnosis and be reviewed regularly by the specialist for accurate diagnosis and treatment • Much debate surrounds which drug class should be used as initial treatment for Parkinson's disease and which adjuvant therapy should be added when patients taking levodopa develop motor complications • Patients should have access to a Parkinson's disease nurse specialist and allied health professionals throughout the course of the disease Tremor, often combined with slowness and stiffness in an arm, presents frequently in general practice. It may be caused by essential tremor, which affects 2-3% of the population.1 Parkinson's disease is less common (prevalence 0.2%), although its prevalence increases with age (4% of those aged over 80 years).2 Differentiating essential tremor from Parkinson's . . .

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