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• n  a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system characterized by tremor and impaired muscular coordination

• BOSTON: A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine has found that people with parkinsonism -- symptoms associated with Parkinson's disease -- have twice the risk .
• Because of this damage, the victims of parkinsonism suffer from many symptoms that become progressively more severe and disabling: an involuntary tremor or pill-rolling movement .
• Most of the diseasessuch as multiple sclerosis, the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis that killed Lou Gehrig, parkinsonism, and perhaps myasthenia gravisdo not normally attack .

• paralysis agitans
• Parkinsonism
• Parkinson's disease
• Parkinson's syndrome
• Parkinson's
• shaking palsy

News & Articles

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• Parkinsonism Common in First-Episode Psychosis
  Parkinsonism often accompanies a person’s first episode of psychosis and may be a sign of further cognitive impairment, according to a new study published in the Schizophrenia Bulletin. Parkinsonism is the condition of having any combination of the symptoms commonly found in Parkinson’s disease — tremors, slow movement, problems with speech or muscle stiffness — and […]
  Oct. 6, 2013 - Psych Central