# postencephalitic Parkinson disease

> disease believed to be caused by a viral illness that triggers degeneration of the nerve cells in the substantia nigra. Overall, this degeneration leads to clinical parkinsonism

**Wikidata**: [Q3508787](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3508787)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post-encephalitic_parkinsonism)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/postencephalitic-parkinson-disease


## References

1. Monarch Disease Ontology release 2018-06-29
2. Disease Ontology
3. NDF-RT
4. [Identifiers.org](https://registry.identifiers.org/registry/doid)
5. UMLS 2023