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2. Unified Parkinson's disease rating scale - Wikipedia

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   The unified Parkinson's disease rating scale (UPDRS) is used to follow the longitudinal course of Parkinson's disease. The UPD rating scale is the most commonly used scale in the clinical study of Parkinson's disease. [1] The UPDRS is made up of these sections: [2] Part I: evaluation of mentation, behavior, and mood

3. Hoehn and Yahr scale - Wikipedia

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   Hoehn and Yahr scale. The Hoehn and Yahr scale is a commonly used system for describing how the symptoms of Parkinson's disease progress. It was originally published in 1967 in the journal Neurology by Margaret Hoehn and Melvin Yahr and included stages 1 through 5. [1] Since then, a modified Hoehn and Yahr scale was proposed with the addition ...

4. Parkinson's MRI: Diagnosing Early Onset Through Brain Imaging

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   MRIs can help detect early onset Parkinson’s before any symptoms appear. MRIs can spot damaged brain neurons that can indicate Parkinson’s and help predict the severity of future symptoms ...

5. Transcriptome-wide association study - Wikipedia

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   A TWAS study was completed in 2021 that utilized the most recent Parkinson's Disease (PD) GWAS that utilized 480.000 individuals. From those results, 18 genes were found to have a statistically significant association with PD. The most significant of these was LRRC37A2, which was found to be associated in all 13 brain tissues. [11]

6. Types of Parkinson's and How They're Diagnosed - Healthline

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   A doctor trained in neurogenerative conditions diagnoses Parkinson’s based on your symptoms, medical history, and results from a physical and neurological test. No single test can diagnosis ...

7. How Does Parkinson’s Disease Affect the Nervous System?

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   The bottom line. Parkinson’s disease is a condition that affects the nervous system. In PD, nerve cells in the brain become damaged and begin to die off. The reason why some people develop the ...