Biosignatures for Parkinson's disease and atypical parkinsonian disorders patients.

Diagnosis of Parkinson' disease (PD) carries a high misdiagnosis rate due to failure to recognize atypical parkinsonian disorders (APD). Usually by the time of diagnosis greater than 60% of the neurons in the substantia nigra are dead. Therefore, early detection would be beneficial so that ther...

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Main Authors: Judith A Potashkin, Jose A Santiago, Bernard M Ravina, Arthur Watts, Alexey A Leontovich
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22952715/pdf/?tool=EBI