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Parkinson Disease

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A progressive, degenerative neurologic disease characterized by a TREMOR that is maximal at rest, retropulsion (i.e. a tendency to fall backwards), rigidity, stooped posture, slowness of voluntary movements, and a masklike facial expression. Pathologic features include loss of melanin containing neurons in the substantia nigra and other pigmented nuclei of the brainstem. LEWY BODIES are present in the substantia nigra and locus coeruleus but may also be found in a related condition ( LEWY BODY DISEASE, DIFFUSE) characterized by dementia in combination with varying degrees of parkinsonism.,Created For = LHSA-Dott

Found in 154 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.21311, 1958-1962

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21311
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 50 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; slurred speech; dysphagia; and rigidity. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1962
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21313, 1958-1959

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21313
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 61 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor; rigidity; and walking difficulty. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21327, 1959-1960

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21327
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes and reports relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 48 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor; slurred speech; and left hemiparesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1960
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

PR2.21341, 1959-1963

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.21341
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor; rigidity; and speech difficulty. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1963
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 4)

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