Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Dementia : An Update

Park, Mee Young

doi:2007.24.2 Suppl.S159

J Yeungnam Med Sci > Volume 24(2 Suppl); 2007 > Article

Review Article

Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine 2007;24(2 Suppl):S159-169.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.12701/yujm.2007.24.2S.S159 Published online December 31, 2007.

Diagnosis and Treatment of Parkinson's Disease Dementia : An Update

Mee Young Park

Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University, Daegu, Korea

파킨슨병 치매의 진단과 치료에 대한 최신 지견

박미영

영남대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Correspondence: Mee Young Park, Tel: (053) 620-3682, Fax: (053) 627-1688,
Email: mypark@med.yu.ac.kr

Abstract

Dementia in the Parkinson’s disease has been increasingly recognized especially in old age. And akinetic-rigid symptoms or cognitive impairment at onset of Parkinson’s disease (PD) are also high risk factors for dementia. However, there have been no gold standard guideline in order to identify the Parkinson’s disease dementia (PDD). Recently, the Movement Disorder Society developed a new diagnostic criteria for PDD in December 2007. I introduce a new PDD diagnostic criteria proposal with a review of treatment strategy of PDD. After the sensitivity and specificity of these criteria ascertained, a revision may be need. But they promising clinical and prospective research baselines in the future.

Key Words: Parkinson’s disease dementia(PDD), Diagnostic criteria, Treatment of PDD