The study was conducted on 120 patients (76 men and 44 women) affected by idiopathic Parkinson's disease (IPD) responsive to L-dopa and observed for many years. Sixty had clinical onset between the ages of 20-40, representing 10.2% of our PD population; in the others the symptoms began after the 40t
1.109 Early-onset Parkinson's disease and depression
โ Scribed by H. Teive; D. Bertucci Filho; L. Werneck
- Book ID
- 117752621
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 55 KB
- Volume
- 13
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1353-8020
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