| Parkinson's disease |
A progressive nervous disease occurring most often after the age of 50, associated with the destruction of brain cells that produce dopamine and characterized by muscular tremor, slowing of movement, partial facial paralysis, peculiarity of gait and posture, and weakness. Also called paralysis agitans, shaking palsy. [Heritage]
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| Parkinson's disease |
A disease mostly affecting middle-aged and elderly people characterized by tremors and rigid, slow movement.
출처: www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
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| parkinsonism |
(par-kin-son-izm): A group of symptoms including loss of movement, a lack of facial expression, stiff gait when walking, tremor, or stooped posture. These symptoms are sometimes side-effects of older typical antipsychotic medications.
출처: www.indianpsychiatry.com/Glossary.htm
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| Parkinson's disease |
The most common form of Parkinson's is slowly progressing and degenerative, usually associated with the following symptoms. All of these result from the loss of dopamine-producing brain cells: tremor or trembling of the arms, jaw, legs, and face; stiffness or rigidity of the limbs and trunk; bradykinesia ?slowness of movement; postural instability, or impaired balance and coordination.
출처: www.als.net/als101/glossary.asp
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| parkinsonism |
a descriptive term meaning having the characteristics of Parkinson's disease (see below), but usually not referring to the disease itself. Parkinsonism may be caused by head injury, encephalitis, syphilis, carbon monoxide poisoning, cerebral arteriosclerosis, use of MPTP (a synthetic narcotic), or other diseases or conditions.
출처: www.macalester.edu/~psych/whathap/UBNRP/nightmares...
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