PD is not a disease by itself but rather a sydrome

Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 8:27 pm Post subject: PD is not a disease by itself but rather a syndrome?

Is PD not a disease by itself but rather a syndrome ?


In order to understand the parkinson's disease we have to understand the disease before knowing how the neurologist makes a diagnosis of PD. Therefore PD is not a disease by itself, but rather a syndrome

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Dr. Okun

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Posted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 1:45 pm Post subject:

That is correct. It is a cluster of symptoms and signs that may greatly differ from patient to patient. There are also multiple known and unknown causes!
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