title: [Effect of early diagnosis and therapy on prognosis of Parkinson syndrome].
abstract: Parkinson's disease is a chronic-progressive neuro-degenerative syndrome, which should be diagnosed as early as possible because of the therapeutic success in the beginning. Knowing the initial symptoms and using modern technical devices like SPECT and PET we shall be able to influence the course and the prognosis of the disease positively. The application of a current combined drug-therapy and in addition physiotherapy, speech-therapy and psychotherapy enable us to provide quality of life or to restore it. Repeated treatments in Parkinson medical centers intensify the efficacy of therapeutic efforts. Nevertheless even in early stages patients and physicians can be confronted with social medical problems like defining the degree of disability or the time for receiving a pension. The knowledge of specific disease-related findings will help to judge all these problems in accordance with the needs of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Gertrudis-Klinik Biskirchen, Parkinson-Zentrum.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Werner
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fornadi
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010415:Pensions; D011379:Prognosis