A COMPARISON OF CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF YOUNG-ONSET AND OLD-ONSET PARKINSONS-DISEASE
A COMPARISON OF CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL FEATURES OF YOUNG-ONSET AND OLD-ONSET PARKINSONS-DISEASE
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.38.9.1402
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发表时间:
1988-09-01
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
LEES, AJ
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作者:
GIBB, WRG;LEES, AJ
We compared 46 patients having onset of Parkinson''s disease before age 45 years with 52 haivng onset after age 70. Young-onset cases more often presented with muscular stiffness (43%) and old-onset with difficulty walking (33%). One-third of young-onset cases had off-period dystonia, mostly affecting the legs, but no dystonia was recorded in old-onset cases. Presentation with rest tremor occurred in 41% of young-onset and 63% of old-onset. There were no differences in the number of affected relatives, endocrine disease, personality characteristics, dementia, or dyskinesia. A pathological study of 12 young-onset and 22 old-onset cases showed 24% greater nigral cell loss in the young, but no differences in the basic Lewy body pathology. Median disease duration in young cases was 5 years longer in the clinical study and 12 years longer in the pathological study. These studies show that the Parkinson''s disease process in similar in young- and old-onset cases.