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[Genetic factors associated with dementia in Parkinson's disease (PD)].
Gaceta medica de Mexico - 1 Jan 2000
Romo-Gutiérrez Diego, Yescas Petra, López-López Marisol, Boll Marie-Catherine
Abstract excerpt
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by motor and non-motor symptoms. Dementia is a frequent complication of idiopathic Parkinsonism or PD, usually occurring later in the protracted course of the illness. Some risk factors to develop dementia in PD are aging, severe Parkinson´s symptoms, rigid-akinetic form, hallucinations, and mild cognitive impairment documented at the first...
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