1. Foreword

   • Guest Editors
   • Mitsutoshi Yamamoto
   • Werner Poewe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 1

2. What are “clinical practice guidelines”?

   • Takeo Nakayama

   OriginalPaper Pages: 2 - 7

3. Parkinson's Disease Treatment Guidelines 2002 issued by Societas Neurologica Japonica

   • Kazuko Hasegawa

   OriginalPaper Pages: 8 - 12

4. Where do we stand in the treatment of Parkinson's disease?

   • Yoshikuni Mizuno

   OriginalPaper Pages: 13 - 18

5. Initiation of symptomatic therapy in Parkinson's disease: dopamine agonists versus levodopa

   • Nirit Lev
   • Ruth Djaldetti
   • Eldad Melamed

   OriginalPaper Pages: 19 - 26

6. Management of levodopa-induced dyskinesias in Parkinson's disease

   • Kenichi Kashihara

   OriginalPaper Pages: 27 - 31

7. Motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease

   • Seiji Kikuchi

   OriginalPaper Pages: 32 - 40

8. Dementia in Parkinson's disease

   • Maria J. Martí
   • Eduardo Tolosa
   • Andres de la Cerda

   OriginalPaper Pages: 41 - 48

9. Depression in Parkinson's disease

   • Werner Poewe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 49 - 55

10. REM sleep disorders and parkinsonism

    • Cynthia L. Comella

    OriginalPaper Pages: 56 - 60

11. Stereotyped behavior or punding in Parkinson's disease

    • Hideto Miwa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 61 - 67

12. Genetics of restless legs syndrome: evidence for a hereditary disorder

    • Eng-King Tan

    OriginalPaper Pages: 68 - 73

13. Dopamine agonists and valvular heart disease in patients with Parkinson's disease: evidence and mystery

    • Mitsutoshi Yamamoto
    • Tadahisa Uesugi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 74 - 78