Medications

Parkinson's disease - Medical

Parkinson's disease: See: Parkinson disease.Last Editorial Review: 4/27/2011 5:27:15 PM Parkinson disease: A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a tremor at rest, slowing of voluntary movements, a gait w...

Parkinson disease genetics - Medical

Parkinson disease genetics: See: Parkinson disease gene.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Parkinson disease gene: A gene involved in the causation of Parkinson disease. There are a number of different autosomal dominant and recessive forms of Parki...

Parkinson disease gene - Medical

Parkinson disease gene: A gene involved in the causation of Parkinson disease. There are a number of different autosomal dominant and recessive forms of Parkinson disease. They are called PARK1, PARK2, and so on: PARK1 is an autosomal dominant t...

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Parkinson disease - Medical

Parkinson disease: A slowly progressive neurologic disease characterized by a fixed inexpressive face, a tremor at rest, slowing of voluntary movements, a gait with short accelerating steps, peculiar posture and muscle weakness, caused by degeneratio...

PARK9 - Medical

PARK9: Familial Parkinson disease type 9.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 9: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to a gene on chromosome 1p36. Also known as PARK9. ...

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PARK8 - Medical

PARK8: Familial Parkinson disease type 8.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 8: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 12p11.2-q13.1. Also known as PA...

PARK7 - Medical

PARK7: Familial Parkinson disease type 7.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 7: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the DJ1 gene on 1p36. Also known as PAR...

PARK6 - Medical

PARK6: Familial Parkinson disease type 6.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 6: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in a gene on chromosome 1p distinct from D...

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PARK5 - Medical

PARK5: Familial Parkinson disease type 5.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 5: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the UCHL1 gene on chromosome 4p14. Also ...

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PARK4 - Medical

PARK4: Familial Parkinson disease type 4.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 4: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 4p15. Also known as PARK4. Las...

PARK3 - Medical

PARK3: Familial Parkinson disease type 3. Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 3: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 2p13. Also known as PARK3....

PARK2 - Medical

PARK2: Familial Parkinson disease type 2 . Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 2: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal recessive manner due to mutation in the gene encoding parkin on chromoso...

PARK11 - Medical

PARK11: Familial Parkinson disease type 11.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 11: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 2q. Also known as PARK11. ...

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PARK10 - Medical

PARK10: Familial Parkinson disease type 10.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 10: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to a gene on chromosome 1p. Also known as PARK10. ...

PARK1 - Medical

PARK1: Familial Parkinson disease type 3.Last Editorial Review: 12/22/2003 Familial Parkinson disease type 1: A familial form of Parkinson disease inherited in an autosomal dominant manner due to mutation in the alpha-synuclein gene (SNCA) on chromo...

Parietal pericardium - Medical

Parietal pericardium: The outer layer of the pericardium which is a conical sac of fibrous tissue that surrounds the heart and the roots of the great blood vessels. The pericardium has outer and inner coats. The outer coat is tough and thickened, l...

Parietal lobe - Medical

Parietal lobe: Part of the brain, specifically the section of the cerebral hemisphere that lies beneath the parietal bone, the main side bone of the skull. The word "parietal" comes from the Latin "parietalis" meaning "belonging to the wall." La...

Parietal bone - Medical

Parietal bone: The main side bone of the skull. Although the parietal bone is curved, it is considered a flat bone, as opposed to a tubular bone. It is shaped like an irregular quadrangle. It articulates (joins) with the other parietal bone in...

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Parietal - Medical

Parietal: Adjective from the Latin "parietalis" meaning "belonging to the wall" that the ancient anatomists used to designate the wall, as of a body cavity. For examples, there are the: Parietal bone -- the main side bone of the skull. Parieta...

Paricalcitol - Medical

Paricalcitol: A vitamin D analogue. Brand name: Zemplar. In 1998 paricalcitol was approved by the FDA for the treatment of hyperparathyroidism due to chronic renal failure. It causes less elevation of calcium than calcitriol, another vitamin D analog...

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Paresthesia - Medical

Paresthesia: An abnormal sensation of the skin, such as numbness, tingling, pricking, burning, or creeping on the skin that has no objective cause. Paresthesia is the usual American spelling and paraesthesia the preferred English spelling. Pronounc...

Paresis, general - Medical

Paresis, general: A part of late ("tertiary") syphilis a decade or more after the initial infection, due to chronic inflammation of the covering and substance of the brain (meningoencephalitis) which results in progressive dementia and ...