## Abstract ## Background About 40% of the patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) have depressive symptoms, either major depression (MD) or subthreshold depression. Depression was found to be associated with age and age at onset of PD, female gender, more severe parkinsonism, in particular with le
Mortality in Parkinson's disease and its association with dementia and depression
โ Scribed by T. A. Hughes; H. F. Ross; R. H. S. Mindham; E. G. S. Spokes
- Book ID
- 109337081
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 110
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0001-6314
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