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Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Movement Disorders > Parkinsonian Disorders
Nervous System Diseases > Central Nervous System Diseases > Brain Diseases > Basal Ganglia Diseases > Parkinsonian Disorders

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Parkinsonian Disorders  

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Entry terms

  • Parkinsonian Diseases
  • Parkinsonian Syndrome
  • Parkinsonian Syndromes
  • Parkinsonism

Note

  • Gen: prefer specifics; do not confuse entry term RAMSAY HUNT PARALYSIS SYNDROME with RAMSAY HUNT AURICULAR SYNDROME see HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS or RAMSAY HUNT CEREBELLAR SYNDROME see MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA

Scope note

  • A group of disorders which feature impaired motor control characterized by bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY; TREMOR; and postural instability. Parkinsonian diseases are generally divided into primary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE), secondary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY) and inherited forms. These conditions are associated with dysfunction of dopaminergic or closely related motor integration neuronal pathways in the BASAL GANGLIA.

History note

  • 2000; for PARKINSONISM use PARKINSON DISEASE 1978-1999; for PARKINSONIAN SYNDROME use PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY 1974-1999; for RAMSAY HUNT PARALYSIS SYNDROME use PARKINSON DISEASE 1992-1999

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D020734

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