The Clinical Courses of Parkinson's Disease.
- Author:
Kyung Chun JEONG
1
;
Myung Ho KIM
;
Dae Il JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Hanyang University.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- MeSH:
Age Distribution;
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Male;
Neurology;
Parkinson Disease*;
Tremor;
Vascular Diseases
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1985;3(2):217-224
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The thirty-two patients of Parkinson's disease had been followed up at the Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Hospital from 1982 to 1985. The following results were obtained: 1. The age distributions at onset of illness are that the 6th decade in 41%, the 7th decade 35% in male and each of the 6th decade and 5th decade is 35% in female. 2. The mean of the duration of illness is 4.5 years and the mean duration of follow-up is 2.1 years. 3. The causes of Parkinson's diseases are idiopathic 44%, carbonmonoxide intoxication 31%, drugs 6%, and vascular disease 3% in sequence. 4. The common initial symptoms are slowness of movement 31%, tremor 31%, and rigidity 22%. 5. The slowness of movement and tremor are major observable symptoms in idiopathic origin and rigidity in carbomonoxide intoxication one. 6. The overall improvement rate on drug treatment is 75%. Various types of response fluctuation has been observed in 4 patients after 5-10 years of treatment.
