The Clinical Courses of Parkinson's Disease

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 3(2); 1985 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1985;3(2): 217-224.

파킨슨병의 임상경과

정경천, 장대일 , 김명호

한양대학교 신경과.

The Clinical Courses of Parkinson's Disease

Kyung-Chun Jeong, M.D.,Myung-Ho Kim, M.D., Dae-Il Jang, M.D.

Department of Neurology, Hnayang University

Abstract

The thirty-two patients of Parkinson's disease had been followed up at the Department of Neurology, Hanyang University Hospital from 1982 to 1985. The following results were obtained: 1. The age distributions at onset of illness are that the 6th decade in 41%, the 7th decade 35% in male and each of the 6th decade and 5th decade is 35% in female. 2. The mean of the duration of illness is 4.5 years and the mean duration of follow-up is 2.1 years. 3. The causes of Parkinson's diseases are idiopathic 44%, carbonmonoxide intoxication 31%, drugs 6%, and vascular disease 3% in sequence. 4. The common initial symptoms are slowness of movement 31%, tremor 31%, and rigidity 22%. 5. The slowness of movement and tremor are major observable symptoms in idiopathic origin and rigidity in carbomonoxide intoxication one. 6. The overall improvement rate on drug treatment is 75%. Various types of response fluctuation has been observed in 4 patients after 5-10 years of treatment.