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The effect of depression on motor function and disease severity of Parkinson's disease.
Clinical neurology and neurosurgery - 1 Jul 2006
Papapetropoulos Spiridon, Ellul John, Argyriou Andreas A, Chroni Elisabeth, Lekka Nicoletta P
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Approximately 40% of patients with Parkinson's disease (PD) experience symptoms of depression. Our aim was to evaluate the effect of depression on disease severity, motor function and other phenotypic characteristics of PD. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We studied 32 PD patients with major depression (PD-D) according to the DSM-IV criteria and 32 PD patients with no depression (PD-C) matched for gender, age...
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