OTHER CAUSES OF PARKINSONISM

Authors
Citation
F. Tison, OTHER CAUSES OF PARKINSONISM, Bailliere's clinical neurology, 6(1), 1997, pp. 205-218
Citations number
72
ISSN journal
09610421
Volume
6
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
205 - 218
Database
ISI
SICI code
0961-0421(1997)6:1<205:>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
This chapter deals with the 'other' causes of parkinsonism with the ex clusion of idiopathic Parkinson's disease, multiple system atrophy, pr ogressive supranuclear palsy and corticobasal degeneration. It is a cu rsory glance over the endless list of 'secondary' causes of parkinsoni sm or parkinsonism due to acquired and inherited metabolic and neurode generative diseases. With the exception of drug-induced parkinsonism a nd 'vascular' parkinsonism, most such cases are rare. However, single rare causes must not be overlooked as there can be specific therapeuti c consequences. Parkinsonism is often present amid a constellation of other symptoms. Careful evaluation of the personal, familial and envir onmental context, mode of onset and progression, clinical features, an d drug response, together with imaging, biochemical and molecular test s, help in determining the underlying disease.