Parkinson Disease
Reports from Newcastle General Hospital describe recent advances in Parkinson disease
Published in Disease Risk Factor Week, January 4th, 2009
"Postural instability gait difficulty (PIGD) motor phenotype in Parkinson's disease (PD) is associated with a faster rate of cognitive decline than in tremor dominant cases and may be a risk factor for incident dementia. People with PD display attentional deficits; however, it is not clear whether attentional deficits in patients with non-demented PD are associated with (i) PIGD phenotype and/or (ii) subsequent cognitive decline," scientists in the United Kingdom report.
"(i) To examine rates of cognitive decline (MiniMental State Examination (MMSE) and Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG)) over 3 years in subjects with non-demented PD aged over 65 years, (ii) using...
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