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. 2019 Aug:65:284-285.
doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2019.06.020. Epub 2019 Jun 23.

The sooner, the later - Delayed diagnosis in Parkinson's disease due to Parkin mutations

Max Borsche  1 , Alexander Balck  2 , Meike Kasten  3 , Katja Lohmann  4 , Christine Klein  5 , Norbert Brüggemann  6
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The sooner, the later - Delayed diagnosis in Parkinson's disease due to Parkin mutations

Max Borsche et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

The diagnosis of Parkinson's disease (PD) in patients carrying mutations in the Parkin gene is frequently delayed. We confirmed this finding in a sample of nine biallelic Parkin-PD patients with a mean delay of nine years and found an inverse relationship between diagnostic delay and age at onset.

Keywords: Diagnostic delay; EO-PD; Genetic testing; Parkin; Parkinson's disease.

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