## Abstract To accompany the newly developed Movement Disorder Society revision of the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (MDS‐UPDRS), we developed a teaching program. The DVD‐based program covers the four parts of the scale with visual and verbal instructions for uniform application. For the
Fitting the scientific tools of our speciality: The new Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale
✍ Scribed by Günther Deuschl
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 32 KB
- Volume
- 23
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0885-3185
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