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(neurology, pathology) A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause..
In 1982, a number of young California drug addicts developed acute and severe parkinsonism after intravenous injection of a synthetic heroin contaminated by MPTP.
However, it is important for the clinician to consider alternative diagnoses, particularly treatable, potentially reversible syndromes such as drug-induced parkinsonism, hydrocephalus and other structural abnormalities, Wilson's disease, and some forms of toxic, metabolic, and infectious parkinsonism.
Can risperidone cause parkinsonism? What evidence suggests that J.R. has antipsychotic-induced parkinsonism?
Use parkinsonism when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Parkinsonism means (neurology, pathology) A neurological syndrome characterized by tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability; a condition with the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, regardless of its cause..
Common synonyms include Parkinson's syndrome, paralysis agitans, shaking palsy.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
In 1982, a number of young California drug addicts developed acute and severe parkinsonism after intravenous injection of a synthetic heroin contaminated by MPTP.
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