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.
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Condition Classneurodegenerative, chronic 3 First DescribedThe 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
ICD-10 ChapterVI: Diseases of the Nervous System 1 Communicable or Non-communicable Transmission Route Causative Agent
Causative Agent (category)Idiopathic / Multifactorial 3 Parkinson's Disease
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Source Ablative brain surgery (Wikipedia)
Source Dopamine therapy (Wikipedia)
Source Focused ultrasound for intracranial drug delivery (Wikipedia)
Source Nasal spray (Wikipedia)
Source Pallidotomy (Wikipedia)
Source Thalamotomy (Wikipedia)
Source Xenotransplantation (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the nervous system
2. Wikipedia: Non-communicable disease
WikipediaLead 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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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.
Introduction
Parkinson's disease has no single cause; rather, genetic and environmental factors interact to affect critical cellular processes.
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Pallidotomy (Wikipedia)
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It is used to treat Parkinson's disease and some other conditions, often as an alternative to deep brain stimulation.
Nasal spray (Wikipedia)
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Other applications include hormone replacement therapy, treatment of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.
Thalamotomy (Wikipedia)
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First introduced in the 1950s, it is primarily effective for tremors such as those associated with Parkinson's disease, where a selected portion of the thalamus is surgically destroyed (ablated).
Dopamine therapy (Wikipedia)
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DRT has been shown to reduce symptoms and increase lifespan for patients with Parkinson's disease.
Focused ultrasound for intracranial drug delivery (Wikipedia)
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Using FUS to enhance drug delivery to the brain could significantly improve patient outcomes for a variety of diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, and brain cancer.
Xenotransplantation (Wikipedia)
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Certain procedures, some of which are being investigated in early clinical trials, aim to use cells or tissues from other species to treat life-threatening and debilitating illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, liver failure and Parkinson's disease.
Ablative brain surgery (Wikipedia)
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Surgical ablation has been used to treat Parkinson's disease.
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