title: Parkinson disease in the elderly adult.
abstract: Parkinson disease is the second most neurodegenerative disease, after Alzheimer disease, that affects up to two million Americans, the overwhelming majority of whom are aged 60 and older. The changing demographics of the country place more Americans at risk for Parkinson disease (PD) than ever before. Primary care physicians treat the majority of PD patients in the United States. Here I review diagnosis and treatment strategies for idiopathic Parkinson disease in the elderly adult.
authors.affiliation: Movement Disorders Division, Knight Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, USA. willisa@neuro.wustl.edu
authors.forename: Allison W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Willis
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D009017:Morbidity / Q000639:trends; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011379:Prognosis; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology