Article
Genetic variation analysis in parkinson disease patients with and without hallucinations: case-control study.
Archives of neurology - 1 Feb 2001
Goetz C G, Burke P F, Leurgans S, Berry-Kravis E, Blasucci L M, Raman R, Zhou L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Visual hallucinations in Parkinson disease (PD) occur in approximately one third of patients treated long-term with dopaminergic medications. In Alzheimer disease, hallucinations and psychosis have been linked to increased representations of B2/B2 homozyogotes for the dopamine receptor gene DRD1 and 1/1 or 2/2 homozygotes for DRD3. In addition, a previous study of PD patients with and without...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
