Advances in the diagnosis and treatment of Parkinson's disease

Abstract

Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It is hard to diagnose PD in its early stage because its primary clinical presentation is mild and atypical. However, when the typical motor symptoms are enough to identify PD, the disorder has already progressed into its mediate or advanced state and had a severe impact on the movement function and quality of life. If the early PD can be timely diagnosed and treated, the treatment will possibly slow down PD progression, improve patients' quality of life and prognosis. Here this paper reviews the advances in the diagnosis and treatment of PD in recent years.

DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-6731.2015.10.003