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Lancet, The, 2021 Parkinson's disease is a recognisable clinical syndrome with a range of causes and clinical presentations. Parkinson's disease represents a fast-growing neurodegenerative condition; the rising prevalence worldwide resembles the many characteristics typically observed during a pandemic, except for an infectious cause.
Bastiaan Bloem +2 more
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2016 Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects one million people in the United States. This article reviews the etiology and pathophysiology of PD, risk factors, clinical manifestations, diagnostic criteria, and treatment of this common disease. Implications for home care clinicians are included.
Rachael A, Vaubel +2 more
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Is restless legs syndrome in Parkinson disease patients associated with any specific factor? [PDF]
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, 2021 Background: Restless legs syndrome or Willis-Ekbom disease is a disorder characterized by unpleasant sensations associated with the need to mobilize the lower limbs.
Manoel Alves SOBREIRA-NETO +7 more
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Stability of MDS-UPDRS Motor Subtypes Over Three Years in Early Parkinson's Disease
Frontiers in Neurology, 2021 Background: Various classifications have been proposed to subtype Parkinson's disease (PD) based on their motor phenotypes. However, the stability of these subtypes has not been properly evaluated.Objective: The goal of this study was to understand the ...
Abhijeet K. Kohat +33 more
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Slow wave activity across sleep-night could predict levodopa-induced dyskinesia
Scientific Reports, 2023 A disruption in the slow wave activity (SWA) mediated synaptic downscaling process features Parkinson's disease (PD) patients presenting levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LID).
Ninfa Amato +5 more
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Familial Parkinson’s Disease/Parkinsonism [PDF]
BioMed Research International, 2015 Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder characterized by parkinsonism (bradykinesia, resting tremor, rigidity, and postural instability) with good response to L-dopa. Although the majority of PD patients are sporadic, it is now clear that genetic factors contribute to the pathogenesis of PD.
Hiroyuki Tomiyama +3 more
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Circular RNAs in the human brain are tailored to neuron identity and neuropsychiatric disease
Nature Communications, 2023 Little is known about circular RNAs (circRNAs) in specific brain cells and human neuropsychiatric disease. Here, we systematically identify over 11,039 circRNAs expressed in vulnerable dopamine and pyramidal neurons laser-captured from 190 human brains ...
Xianjun Dong +11 more
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Patient-Centric Care for Parkinson's Disease: From Hospital to the Community
Frontiers in Neurology, 2020 Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic neurodegenerative disease with complex motor and non-motor symptoms often leading to significant caregiver burden.
Yin Minn Aye +27 more
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Postgraduate Medical Journal, 1997 Summary Parkinson's disease is a common disabling disease of old age. The diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease is based on clinical signs and has poor sensitivity, with about 25% of patients confidently diagnosed as having the disease actually having other conditions such as multi-system atrophy and other parkinsonism-plus ...
E R, Barbosa +2 more
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Human Molecular Genetics, 2007 Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by a profound and selective loss of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Clinical manifestations of this complex disease include motor impairments involving resting tremor, bradykinesia, postural instability, gait difficulty and rigidity.
Bobby, Thomas, M Flint, Beal
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