title: Management of Parkinson's disease. Strategies, pitfalls, and future directions.
abstract: In coming years Parkinson's disease will become increasingly prevalent as the baby boom generation grows older. Diagnosis often is complicated and requires careful consideration of symptoms and neurologic findings. Optimal symptomatic treatment of Parkinson's disease involves an individualized approach with each patient and ongoing evaluation of benefits versus side effects. Neurosurgical intervention is an option for some patients who are not adequately helped by medical therapy. New treatments (e.g., stem cell therapy) are currently being studied and may be available in the foreseeable future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Movement Disorders Program, University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine, 105 Irvine Hall, Irvine, CA 92697, USA. nhermano@uci.edu
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hermanowicz
mesh_terms: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents