Depression Antedating the Onset of Parkinson's Disease
β Scribed by Isao Fukunishi; Kiyoshi Hosokawa; Susumu Ozaki
- Book ID
- 118708538
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1991
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 319 KB
- Volume
- 45
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1323-1316
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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
## Abstract Although case histories of depression preceding Parkinson's disease (PD) point to a possible pathophysiological relationship between these two disorders, there is as yet no epidemiological evidence to support this view. We compared the incidence of depression in patients later diagnosed