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| Parkinson’s Disease: Clinical |
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| • | Disease of aging: |
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| -Incidence: Overall 20/100,000 |
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| Age
70 120/100,000 |
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| • | Clinical Features: tremor,
rigidity, slowness of |
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| movement, postural instability |
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| • | Pathology: substantia nigra pars
compacta, locus |
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| coeruleus, nucleus basalis of Meynert, olfactory |
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| bulb |
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