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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:

PR2.20785, 1958-1964

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20785
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, reports, typed case summary, notes and charts relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 37 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: parkinson; tremor in right arm; dragging of right legs; and stiffness in right fingers. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1964

PR2.20791, 1959-1963

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20791
Scope and Contents

Reports, typed case summary, correspondence, notes and charts relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 64 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor and rigidity in legs; and haematemesis. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1963

PR2.20794, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20794
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 66 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinson; tremor and rigidity of jaw; and excessive salivation. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20818, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20818
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, reports and charts relating to male from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 65 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; impaired speech; stiff limbs; and paraesthesiae in left hand. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20824, 1959-1965

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20824
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 63 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; tremor; dragging of left foot; and dysarthria. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1965

PR2.20838, 1958-1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20838
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, notes, autopsy report, black-and-white photographs, correspondence, reports and charts relating to male from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 59 at first examination in 1958. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; chronic degenerative cerebrovascular disease; tremor of left arm; and speech difficulty. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1959

PR2.20854, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20854
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to female patient from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 62 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism; ?cerebral arteriosclerosis; generalised rigidity; and blepharospasm. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959

PR2.20855, 1959-1960

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20855
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, typed case summary, charts, reports and notes relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 53 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral parkinsonism; speech difficulty; tremor; and rigidity in right leg. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959-1960

PR2.20931, 1958-1961

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20931
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, correspondence, notes, reports and charts relating to female patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 45 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: bilateral parkinsonism; tremor of arms; dysphagia; and speech disturbances. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1958-1961

PR2.20944, 1959

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Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.20944
Scope and Contents

Correspondence relating to male patient from Great Britain (excluding Scotland) aged 56 at first examination in 1959. Conditions mentioned include: parkinsonism. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1959