Parkinson Disease (cont.)
Medical Author:
Ted K Koutouzis, MD
Coauthor:
Daniel Stone, MD
Medical Editor:
Patrick Taylor, MD, FAAEM
Medical Editor:
Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD
Medical Editor:
James S Cohen, MD
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OutlookParkinson's disease reduces the length of your life, but it is not fatal. It is a disease that progresses from a phase without symptoms to possibly a state of complete disability, sometimes within 10-20 years. As with all diseases, a spectrum of possibilities exists. The course a particular person will experience cannot be predicted. Certain patterns have been noted.
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Parkinson disease (Parkinson's disease, PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with a loss of dopaminergic nigrostriatal neurons.
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