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Parkinson's Disease

Diseases of the Nervous System

Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor and non-motor systems. The motor symptoms, collectively called parkinsonism, include tremors, slowness in initiating movement, rigidity, and difficulty maintaining balance.

Facts
Condition Class
neurodegenerative, chronic 3
First Described
1817 3
The same section notes a 2009 finding of a Hungarian text describing PD symptoms as early as 1690; 1817 is recorded here as the article's own credited first FULL medical description, the year and event the condition's modern name derives from (Charcot renamed the disease after Parkinson in 1877).
Classification
Body System
Nervous System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
VI: Diseases of the Nervous System 1
Communicable or Non-communicable
Non-Communicable 2
Transmission Route
Non-Transmissible 2
Connections

Associated With

Neurology, Medical Specialties

Treated By

Deep Brain Stimulation, Treatments
Geriatrics, Medical Specialties
Neurology, Medical Specialties
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
WikipediaList of chapters, Chapter VI
Quote, List of chapters, Chapter VI
Diseases of the nervous system
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2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
Wikipedia
  • Lead section, transmission-route statement (inferred from disease-category)
    NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
  • Named examples section
    NCDs include Parkinson's disease, autoimmune diseases, strokes, heart diseases, cancers, diabetes, chronic kidney disease, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, cataracts, and others.
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3. Parkinson's Disease (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Parkinson's disease (PD), or simply Parkinson's, is a neurodegenerative disease primarily of the central nervous system, affecting both motor and non-motor systems.
  • Wikipedia: Parkinson's Disease, History section
    In 1817, English physician James Parkinson published the first full medical description of the disease as a neurological syndrome in his monograph An Essay on the Shaking Palsy.
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Wikidata: Parkinson's Disease
Wikidata Q11085, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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