Parkinson disease

Parkinson disease
A progressive disorder of the nervous system marked by muscle tremors, muscle rigidity, decreased mobility, stooped posture, slow voluntary movements, and a mask-like facial expression.

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  • Parkinson disease — Parkinson disease. См. дрожательный паралич. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

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  • Parkinson disease — An abnormal condition of the nervous system caused by degeneration of an area of the brain called the basal ganglia, and by low production of the neurotransmitter dopamine. The first gene connected to Parkinson’s was recently identified, but it… …   Medical dictionary

  • Parkinson disease facies (sign) — Par·kin·son disease, facies (sign) (pahrґkin sən) [James Parkinson, English physician, 1755–1824] see under disease and facies, and see also parkinsonism …   Medical dictionary

  • Parkinson's disease — Parkinson s redirects here. For other uses, see Parkinson s (disambiguation). Parkinson s disease Classification and external resources …   Wikipedia

  • Disease, Parkinson — An abnormal condition of the nervous system caused by degeneration of an area of the brain called the basal ganglia. The disease results in rigidity of the muscles, slow body movement and tremor. Parkinson disease is also called "paralysis… …   Medical dictionary

  • Parkinson’s disease —  is the traditional name, but increasingly the nonpossessive Parkinson disease is displacing it, particularly in medical texts …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • Parkinson's disease — Parkinson s Parkinson s, Parkinson s disease Parkinson s diseaseprop. n. A disease causing {parkinsonism}, a degenerative nervous disorder; sometimes used loosely as a synonym for parkinsonism. More precisely, parkinson s disease is the term for… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Parkinson's — Parkinson s, Parkinson s disease Parkinson s diseaseprop. n. A disease causing {parkinsonism}, a degenerative nervous disorder; sometimes used loosely as a synonym for parkinsonism. More precisely, parkinson s disease is the term for the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Parkinson plus syndrome — Parkinson plus syndromes are a group of diseases featuring the classical features of Parkinson s disease (tremor; rigidity; akinesia/bradykinesia; postural instability) with additional features that distinguish them from simple idiopathic… …   Wikipedia

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