Arterial blood pressure in patients with Parkinson's disease

Open Access

1 January 1975

journal article
research article
Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry

Vol. 38 (1) , 73-77
https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.38.1.73

Abstract

The casual arterial blood pressure of 411 patients with Parkinson's disease was compared with that of a representative sample of the general population. The patients were also divided into various sub-groups, and comparisons of blood pressure were made between them. The results provided no support for the widely held belief that blood pressure tends to be low in patients with Parkinson's disease.

Keywords

BLOOD PRESSURE
ARTERIAL BLOOD PRESSURE

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