Wolfgang H. Oertel

MDS clinical diagnostic criteria for Parkinson's disease

Abstract This document presents the Movement Disorder Society Clinical Diagnostic Criteria for Parkinson's disease (PD). The Movement Disorder Society PD Criteria are intended f...

MDS research criteria for prodromal Parkinson's disease

ABSTRACT This article describes research criteria and probability methodology for the diagnosis of prodromal PD. Prodromal disease refers to the stage wherein early symptoms or ...

Time to redefine PD? Introductory statement of the MDS Task Force on the definition of Parkinson's disease

ABSTRACT With advances in knowledge disease, boundaries may change. Occasionally, these changes are of such a magnitude that they require redefinition of the disease. In recogni...

Red flags for multiple system atrophy

Abstract The clinical diagnosis of multiple system atrophy (MSA) is fraught with difficulty and there are no pathognomonic features to discriminate the parkinsonian variant (MSA...

Changing the research criteria for the diagnosis of Parkinson's disease: obstacles and opportunities

Risk and predictors of dementia and parkinsonism in idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder: a multicentre study

Idiopathic REM sleep behaviour disorder (iRBD) is a powerful early sign of Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and multiple system atrophy. This provides an unpreced...