- Parkinson facies
- parkinsonian facies a stolid masklike expression of the face, with infrequent blinking, pathognomonic of parkinsonism.
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Parkinson facies
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Facies (medical) — SignSymptom infobox Name = Facies (medical) Caption = DiseasesDB = 18724 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = In medical contexts, facies are distinctive facial expressions associated with specific… … Wikipedia
facies parkinsoniana — expresión facial que parece una máscara, inmóvil, que aparece normalmente en la enfermedad de Parkinson. Se acompaña de parpadeo poco frecuente Diccionario ilustrado de Términos Médicos.. Alvaro Galiano. 2010 … Diccionario médico
Parkinson's disease and hallucinations — The eponym Parkinson s disease refers to the British physician James Parkinson (1755 1824), who has been credited with being the first to describe the concomitant disease in 1817. The eponym itself was coined during the 1870s by the French… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Parkinson disease facies (sign) — Par·kin·son disease, facies (sign) (pahrґkin sən) [James Parkinson, English physician, 1755–1824] see under disease and facies, and see also parkinsonism … Medical dictionary
Facies — A direct borrowing from the Latin, facies means face. * * * 1. [TA] SYN: face (1). 2. [NA] SYN: surface. 3. SYN: expression (2). [L.] acromial articular f. of clavicle SYN: acromial facet of clavicle. adenoid f. the open mouthed and often … Medical dictionary
Parkinson disease — An abnormal condition of the nervous system caused by degeneration of an area of the brain called the basal ganglia, and by low production of the neurotransmitter dopamine. The first gene connected to Parkinson’s was recently identified, but it… … Medical dictionary
Parkinson — James, British physician, 1755–1824. See parkinsonism (1), P. disease, P. facies. Sir John, British cardiologist, 1885–1976. See Wolff P. White syndrome … Medical dictionary
Parkinson mask — see under facies … Medical dictionary
Parkinson sign — see under facies … Medical dictionary
enfermedad de PARKINSON — Parkinson, enfermedad de neurol. Trastorno degenerativo que afecta al sistema nervioso central. Es más frecuente en el hombre que en la mujer y suele aparecer a partir de los cincuenta sesenta años. Los primeros síntomas son un leve encorvamiento … Diccionario médico
