title: [Life expectancy and disability in Parkinson disease].
abstract: Idiopathic Parkinson's disease is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative disease with no possibility of curative treatment up until now. The natural course leads to severe handicap or death within 10-15 years, but due to the development of dopaminergic drug therapy life expectancy of parkinsonian patients has normalized and productivity remains good for a longer period during the course of disease.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung für Neurologie, Univ.-Klinikums Rudolf Virchow, Berlin.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schelosky
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Poewe
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000401:mortality; D015996:Survival Rate
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents
vernacular_title: Lebenserwartung und Invalidität bei Morbus Parkinson.