Updated guidelines for the management of Parkinson's disease

K Bhatia; D J Brooks; D J Burn; C E Clarke; D G Grosset; D G MacMahon; J Playfer; A H Schapira; D Stewart; A C Williams; Parkinson's Disease Consensus Working Group

doi:10.12968/hosp.2001.62.8.1621

Updated guidelines for the management of Parkinson's disease

Hosp Med. 2001 Aug;62(8):456-70. doi: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.8.1621.

Authors

K Bhatia¹, D J Brooks, D J Burn, C E Clarke, D G Grosset, D G MacMahon, J Playfer, A H Schapira, D Stewart, A C Williams; Parkinson's Disease Consensus Working Group

Affiliation

¹ University Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London.

PMID: 11530583
DOI: 10.12968/hosp.2001.62.8.1621

Abstract

New data on diagnosis, drug therapy, surgery and psychosocial concerns have emerged since the publication of the 1998 Guidelines for the Management of Parkinson's Disease. This article reviews new data and addresses issues left unanswered in the previous guidelines.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Aged
Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence
Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors
Dementia / etiology
Dementia / therapy
Depression / diagnosis
Depression / etiology
Depression / therapy
Dopamine Agonists / therapeutic use
Electric Stimulation Therapy
Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Globus Pallidus / surgery
Humans
Middle Aged
Parkinson Disease / diagnosis
Parkinson Disease / psychology
Parkinson Disease / therapy*
Practice Guidelines as Topic*
Quality of Life
Thalamus / surgery
Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Catechol O-Methyltransferase Inhibitors
Dopamine Agonists
Enzyme Inhibitors