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Overview, Incidence and Prevalence, Risk Factors

Post a new topicby contentuser on Wed Dec 19, 2007 11:53 am




Overview







Parkinson's disease is a chronic, progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder. Tremors rigidity, slow movement (bradykinesia), poor balance, and difficulty walking (called parkinsonian gait) are characteristic primary symptoms of Parkinson's disease.


Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is the most common form of parkinsonism, a group of movement disorders that have similar features and symptoms. Parkinson's disease is called idiopathic Parkinson's because the c...Read the full article

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