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Early Diagnosis and Preventive Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

Early Diagnosis and Preventive Therapy in Parkinson's Disease

Przuntek, Horst
Riederer, Peter

Paperback

Series: Key Topics in Brain Research

Medical Reference

ISBN10: 3211820809
ISBN13: 9783211820803
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: Dec 30 1988
Pages: 447
Weight: 1.36
Height: 0.94 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
At the time when Parkinson's Disease is diagnosed in a patient, roughly two thirds of dopaminergic neurons of substantia nigra are already degenerated. The onset of the disease must, therefore, be much earlier. This book deals with early diagnosis and early preventive treatment which may sustain the process underlying the disease. By use of psychometric, kinesiologic, physiologic, histologic, biochemical, endocrinologic, pharmacologic and imaging techniques, including positron-emission tomography and brain mapping, specialists tried to focus on new diagnostic criteria. New methods including psychometric evaluation, apparative measurement of movement, analysis of peripheral blood and urinary constituents have supplemented this approach. It has been agreed that early preventive therapy consists of low dosis of L-DOPA plus benserazide, L-deprenyl and dopaminergic agonists.

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