title: A perspective on the current issues in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
abstract: The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence published guidelines for the management of Parkinson's disease in 2006. This article summarizes the key diagnostic recommendations of the guidelines, and gives a personal view of current barriers to their implementation and how these might be overcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY.
authors.forename: Paul F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Worth
mesh_terms: D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D042241:Early Diagnosis; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000191:economics / Q000628:therapy; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013997:Time Factors; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon / Q000379:methods