Vascular parkinsonism

Some diseases or factors can produce clinical symptoms similar to Parkinson's disease (PD), which are caused by infections, drugs (dopamine receptor blockers, etc.), poisons (MPTP, carbon monoxide, manganese, etc.), and vascularity (multiple cerebral infarction) And brain trauma, etc., clinically known as Parkinson's syndrome (Parkinsonrsquo; s syndrome, Parkinsonism). There are also scholars who collectively refer to Parkinson's disease (PD) as Parkinsonism together with the above-mentioned diseases with similar clinical symptoms of Parkinson's disease. Vascular Parkinsinism (VP) is caused by cerebrovascular diseases, such as multiple lacunar infarction, basal nucleus cavity status, amyloid angiopathy, and subcortical white matter encephalopathy. The clinical manifestations are similar. PD.

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