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J Korean Neurol Assoc. 1985;3(2):217-224.
- The Clinical Courses of Parkinson's Disease
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Kyung-Chun Jeong, M.D.,Myung-Ho Kim, M.D., Dae-Il Jang, M.D.
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Department of Neurology, Hnayang University
- 파킨슨병의 임상경과
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정경천, 장대일 , 김명호
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한양대학교 신경과.
- 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.
Keywords :
- 초록
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