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Clinical correlates of depressive symptoms in familial Parkinson's disease.
Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society - 15 Nov 2008
Pankratz Nathan, Marder Karen S, Halter Cheryl A, Rudolph Alice, Shults Cliff W, Nichols William C, Foroud Tatiana
Abstract excerpt
Depression is one of the most common nonmotor complications of Parkinson's disease (PD) and has a major impact on quality of life. Although several clinical factors have been associated with depression in PD, the relationship between depression and stage of illness as well as between depression and degree of disability remains controversial. We have collected clinical data on 1,378 PD cases from 632 families,...
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