Nature Outlook Parkinson’s Disease
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Update in Parkinson’s Disease
Parkinson’s disease (PD) was first described in 1817 by James Parkinson, who described in his monograph entitled “An Essay on the Shaking Palsy“ the description of the clinical features of this disease (Parkinson, 1817). The cardinal clinical manifestations of PD are resting tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia, and gait dysfunction. It is now appreciated that PD is also associated with many nonmotor...
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