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Parkinson's disease: clinical features, epidemiology and genetics
1Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, USA. adsiderowf@pahosp.com
Neurologic Clinics
|September 5, 2001
Abstract:
Genetic and epidemiological studies are critical to understanding the etiology of Parkinson's Disease (PD), and may lead to rational treatments for the disease. This article reviews the clinical features, epidemiology and genetics of PD, with emphasis on insights from recent genetic and epidemiological studies.