Marttila R J
Acta Neurol Scand Suppl. 1983;95:9-17. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1983.tb01512.x.
The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease is purely a clinical diagnosis. The most common types of diagnostic error are a failure either to recognize the early, or unusual symptoms, or to differentiate other tremors and extrapyramidal syndromes from Parkinson's disease. The prevalence of Parkinson's disease is increasing. This has resulted from the reduction of the excess mortality by levodopa treatment. In the near future, there will be more older parkinsonian patients with a more prolonged duration of the disease.
帕金森病的诊断完全是临床诊断。最常见的诊断错误类型是未能识别早期或不寻常症状，或者未能将其他震颤和锥体外系综合征与帕金森病区分开来。帕金森病的患病率正在上升。这是左旋多巴治疗降低了过高死亡率的结果。在不久的将来，将会有更多病程更长的老年帕金森病患者。
