A perspective on the current issues in the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease.
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.
Worth
Paul F
PF
Department of Neurology, Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust, Norwich NR4 7UY.
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