Parkinson's disease (PD) is a disabling neurodegenerative condition commonly complicated by the existence of comorbid depression. The prevalence rates of depression in this patient group have been reported to be as high as 40%. Currently, depression in PD is undertreated; there have been few control
Depression in Parkinson's disease: biogenic amines in CSF of “de novo” patients
✍ Scribed by W. Kuhn; Th. Müller; M. Gerlach; E. Sofic; G. Fuchs; N. Heye; R. Prautsch; H. Przuntek
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 301 KB
- Volume
- 103
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1435-1463
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