Parkinson's disease
long-term degenerative neurological disorder
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Summary
Parkinson's disease is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of designated intractable rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (43,846 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: rare disease[3], class of disease[4], symptom or sign[5]
- Named after: James Parkinson[6]
- Subclass of: synucleinopathy[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Parkinson's disease[9]
- ICPC 2 ID: N87[10]
- Symptoms and signs: tremor[11], spasticity[12], hypokinesia[13], gait abnormality[14]
- Topic's main category: Category:Parkinson's disease[15]
- Medical examination: positron emission tomography[16], magnetic resonance imaging[17], single-photon emission computed tomography[18], PDQ39 questionnaire[19]
- Possible treatment: medication[20], surgery[21], Hyperbaric oxygen therapy[22]
- Described at URL: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/parkinsons-diagnosis-years-early[23]
- Prevalence: 0.002[24]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/169[25]
- Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[26], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[27], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[28], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[29], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[30]
- ICD-9-CM: 332.0[31], 332[32]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26845[33]
- Health specialty: neurology[34]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: cabergoline[35], levodopa[36], pramipexole[37], entacapone[38], biperiden[39], (S)-(−)-carbidopa monohydrate[40], pergolide[41], (±)-deprenyl[42], tolcapone[43], bromocriptine[44], trihexyphenidyl[45], ropinirol[46], amantadine[47]
Why It Matters
Parkinson's disease has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]