Parkinson disease |
Bradykinesia, tremor, muscular rigidity, asymmetry of symptoms |
Progressive supranuclear palsy |
Progressive course, age of onset >40 years, supranuclear gaze palsy, early onset of falls, symmetric axial muscular rigidity, bradykinesia, bulbar symptoms |
Multiple system atrophy |
Autonomic disturbances, parkinsonism, poor or unsustained response to levodopa therapy, cerebellar signs, upper motor neuron findings |
Adapted from Neurologist. 2008 Mar;14(2):79-88. |