Abstract
Parkinsonism, previously known as “paralysis agi-tans,” is a motor disease characterized essentially by resting tremor, rigidity, and poverty of spontaneous movements (bradykinesia).
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Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (2010). Parkinsonism. In: Al-Tubaikh, J.A. (eds) Internal Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03709-2_14
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