Impact of home confinement during COVID-19 pandemic on Parkinson's disease

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India. Electronic address: drnirajkumarsingh@gmail.com.
² Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.
³ Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁵ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁶ Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad, Anand, India.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, India.

Comment

Niraj Kumar et al. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov:80:32-34.

doi: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2020.09.003. Epub 2020 Sep 6.

¹ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India. Electronic address: drnirajkumarsingh@gmail.com.
² Department of Psychiatry, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.
³ Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata, India.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
⁵ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
⁶ Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, Vikram Hospital, Bengaluru, India.
⁷ Department of Neurology, Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, India.
⁸ Department of Neurology, Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad, Anand, India.
⁹ Department of Neurology, Jaslok Hospital, Mumbai, India.
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, India.
¹¹ Department of Neurology, Medanta Hospital, Gurugram, India.

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Keywords: COVID-19; Dopamine; Home confinement; Pandemic; Parkinson's disease.

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Parkinson's Disease and COVID-19: Perceptions and Implications in Patients and Caregivers.
Prasad S, Holla VV, Neeraja K, Surisetti BK, Kamble N, Yadav R, Pal PK. Prasad S, et al. Mov Disord. 2020 Jun;35(6):912-914. doi: 10.1002/mds.28088. Epub 2020 May 8. Mov Disord. 2020. PMID: 32304118 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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