title: Parkinsonian syndromes.
abstract: The term parkinsonian syndromes refers to a group of disorders whose clinical features overlap those of idiopathic Parkinson's disease. The four major entities include three important neurodegenerations, multiple system atrophy, progressive supranuclear palsy, and corticobasal degeneration, and a lacunar cerebrovascular disorder, vascular parkinsonism. This article reviews the epidemiology, pathology, clinical features, diagnosis, and management of these disorders.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University of Michigan, 300 North Ingalls, 3D15, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-0489, USA. sgilman@umich.edu
authors.forename: Sid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gilman
mesh_terms: D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D011379:Prognosis