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This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they exist. The article ends with the authors' clinical recommendations.

A 62-year-old man presents with an intermittent tremor in his left hand and some vague discomfort in the left arm. Physical examination shows a minimal rest tremor in the left hand that disappears with use of the limb, mild rigidity at the left wrist and elbow, slowness of finger tapping with the left hand, and decreased arm swing on the left while . . . [Full Text of this Article]

The Clinical Problem

Strategies and Evidence

Diagnosis

Differential Diagnosis

Nonpharmacologic Management

Pharmacologic Therapy

            Levodopa

            Dopamine Agonists

            Other Pharmacologic Agents

Surgical Therapy

Areas of Uncertainty

Possible Neuroprotective Therapies

Timing of the Initiation of Levodopa

Choice of Initial Therapy

Guidelines

Summary and Recommendations

Source Information

From the Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland (J.G.N.); and the Department of Neurology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (G.F.W.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Nutt at the Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, 3181 S.W. Sam Jackson Park Rd., Portland, OR 97239, or at nuttj@ohsu.edu.

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