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Parkinsonian Disorders

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Definition: A group of disorders which feature impaired motor control characterized by bradykinesia, MUSCLE RIGIDITY; TREMOR; and postural instability. Parkinsonian diseases are generally divided into primary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE), secondary parkinsonism (see PARKINSON DISEASE, SECONDARY) and inherited forms. These conditions are associated with dysfunction of dopaminergic or closely related motor integration neuronal pathways in the BASAL GANGLIA.  Gen: prefer specifics; do not confuse X ref RAMSAY HUNT PARALYSIS SYNDROME with RAMSAY HUNT AURICULAR SYNDROME see HERPES ZOSTER OTICUS or RAMSAY HUNT CEREBELLAR SYNDROME see MYOCLONIC CEREBELLAR DYSSYNERGIA   
See Also Striatonigral Degeneration
Examples Lewy Body Disease; Parkinson Disease; Parkinson Disease, Secondary 		Other names Recessive Parkinsonism, Autosomal; Parkinsonisms, Juvenile; Parkinsonisms, Experimental; Parkinsonism, MPTP-Induced Experimental; Parkinsonism, Familial Juvenile; Parkinsonism, Autosomal Recessive; Parkinsonism, Autosomal Dominant; Parkinson Diseases, Experimental; MPTP Induced Experimental Parkinsonism; Juvenile Parkinsonisms; Juvenile Parkinsonism, Familial; Juvenile Parkinsonism; Experimental Parkinsonisms; Experimental Parkinsonism, MPTP Induced; Experimental Parkinson Diseases; Dominant Parkinsonism, Autosomal; Diseases, Experimental Parkinson; Chromosome 6 Linked Autosomal Recessive Parkinsoni; Parkinsonism, Juvenile, Autosomal Recessive; Parkinsonism, Juvenile, Autosomal Dominant
 
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